Please say Tehillim for HaRav Nissim Korelitz Shlita, who’s condition has deteriorated and is in need of Tefillos.

In a letter to Chancellor Betty Rosa and Acting State Education Commissioner Beth Berlin, a majority of the New York City Council announced their opposition to the State Education Department’s proposed regulations of nonpublic schools and urged that they be withdrawn.

A 23-year-old Syrian armed with a knife on Friday ran into a Berlin synagogue, and was arrested at the entrance. According to eyewitnesses, the Syrian yelled “Allahu akhbar” and anti-Israel statements. The synagogue’s two guards immediately drew their weapons, and police pepper sprayed the man before arresting him.

As tens of thousands of Jews from around the world converged upon Uman, Ukraine, for Rosh Hashanah, anti-corruption enforcement took place on the ground, a move that greatly pleased the US-based Orthodox Jewish Chamber of Commerce, which brought the issue to the forefront. Employees of the local utility authority attempted to extort bribes from local Jewish vendors, demanding hundreds of dollars from each so that they could continue operating. Only this time – for the first time ever – they got arrested while doing so.

A Swedish political party has voted to change its official stance in favor of banning circumcision. The Swedish Center Party voted 314-166 at its annual meeting to work to fight the nonmedical circumcision of boys. Party chief Annie Loof was among the party leaders who criticized the vote.

A 12-year-old Jewish student was forced to kneel down and kiss the shoes of a Muslim classmate, while a five-year-old boy was allegedly called a “Jewish cockroach” and repeatedly hounded in the school toilets by his young classmates.

Over 500 years after their descendants were expelled from Spain in 1492, more than 132,000 Jews have applied for Spanish nationality under a limited-term offer, officials said Tuesday after the deadline expired.

The “Reverend” Al Sharpton, the vile anti-semite, who fueled the Crown Heights riots more than two decades ago, was honored with delivering a speech at a NYC “synagogue” on Rosh Hashanah.

Polish police are looking for vandals that painted a swastika and other graffiti on the wall of the former ghetto in Krakow. The graffiti, drawn with a tar-like substance, was painted over on Tuesday, the same day it was discovered.

United Hatzalah pre-Rosh Hashanah airlift

Over the course of Rosh Hashanah in the city of Uman, Ukraine, more than 1,600 people received emergency medical treatment by United Hatzalah volunteers who were stationed in and around the city to provide first aid care for the tens of thousands of people who spent the holiday in the city.

Reporter Armin Rosen spent a night riding with Williamsburg Shomrim as anti-Semitic attacks are on the rise. To battle the hate, the community’s neighborhood watch steps up.

By Armin Rosen

Greetings from the President of Russia, Mr. Vladimir Putin, to all of Russia’s Jews, arrived at the offices of Russia’s Chief Rabbi, Rabbi Berel Lazar, In honor of Rosh Hashana.