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AXIOS: US, Israel, Arab Military Commanders Meet– • Top US, Israeli and Arab military commanders met in Germany last week for their first such gathering since the U.S. and Israel went to war with Iran more than six months ago. • The meeting included military chiefs from Israel, Saudi Arabia, the UAE, Bahrain, Kuwait, Qatar, Jordan and Egypt. • CENTCOM Commander Adm. Brad Cooper reassured the group that American forces would remain in the region despite Iranian attacks on US bases. • IDF Chief of Staff Gen. Eyal Zamir briefed participants on operations across multiple fronts. • Intelligence sharing between Israel and Arab countries has increased during the war. Israel sent a team to the UAE to operate an Iron Dome and share intelligence.

27% of U.S. workers worry that technology, such as AI, will make their jobs obsolete, reaching a record high according to data from Gallup News. This fear has doubled since 2017, when only 13% of workers felt this way.

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Trump’s handpicked Kennedy Center board voted to immediately shut down the performing arts center, citing dire financial and structural conditions. The vote came after a judge rejected its bid to add Trump’s name to the facade.

Skokie, Illinois adjusted automatic crosswalk signals at the busy East Prairie Road & Dempster Street corner for Shabbos and Yom Tov after Orthodox Jewish residents said they don’t press buttons. Mayor Ann Tennes issued the directive after visiting local Shuls.

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New details on the Oval Office meeting with the rebbes: In an Ami Magazine feature, Yochonon Donn reveals several unreported anecdotes from President Trump’s meeting with the rebbes in the Oval Office last week: • When VP Vance asked about the different colors of the guests’ bekeshes, he got four answers. Yossi Gestetner answered with a joke. KJ administrator Gedalya Szegedin explained that each rabbi wore the traditional garb from the part of Europe he originates. Bobover askan Yoel Rosenfeld used a military metaphor to explain it. “It’s like the Navy and the Marines,” he said. “They have different uniforms, but they serve the same purpose.” And the Satmar rebbe, Rav Zalman Leib, said, “Inside, we’re all the same.” • Trump started the meeting with a favorite subject: his B-2 bombers. “You guys are funny,” he told the rabbanim. “I send B-2 bombers to Iran, I bombed them to smithereens... but I don’t get a thank you. But I pardoned this butcher from Iowa—he had some kind of funny name—and everybody is happy.” “Rubashkin,” someone prompted him. “Yeah, Lubashkin [sic]. Is the guy still alive?” the president responded. The attendees assured him that Reb Sholom Mordechai Rubashkin is doing fine. “That was total anti-Semitism,” he said. “I called the prosecutor and asked, ‘Why’d you give this person 28 years? He had some illegal immigrants, but who doesn’t have? You get a fine, not 28 years.’ The prosecutor said, ‘he deserved much more.’ I told him, ‘You’re an anti-Semite. I’m pardoning him.’” • When the Skverer Rebbe’s son gave Trump a letter from his father and told him that he couldn’t attend due to his age, the president looked at his white beard and asked, “You still have a father who’s alive? You yourself look old.” He then quizzed him. “How old is your father?” Not wanting to divulge his father’s age, Rav Aharon Mendel replied, “He’s old.” “How old?” Trump wanted to know. “Somewhere between 80 and 90,” Rav Aharon Mendel replied. “Okay,” said Trump, who recently turned 80. “That’s old.” • The Ami feature delves into the surprisingly very short history of presidents meeting gedolim. It notes that the meeting this month was a watershed moment, lasting for a total of over three hours; the meeting with Trump in the Oval Office itself went on for a half hour.

NY Post: Another sign VP Vance is preparing to run in 2028: He's asked to meet with one of his biggest critics in NYC, WABC powerhouse Sid Rosenberg, to try to mend fences with Jewish New Yorkers. The meeting is slated for Thursday afternoon at the White House.

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Can you keep up with AI? The guy who helped invent ChatGPT just shipped an AI that is 200x faster and doesn’t talk. No essays. No “as an AI language model.” It only makes decisions. 200x faster. 400x cheaper. Hallucinations: impossible, because it can’t speak.

Extremely useful new AI tools overtaking the market: • A new generation of AI “personal assistants” is taking things far beyond ChatGPT-style conversations. • Meta’s new Muse and startup Instinct can actually operate a computer on your behalf — handling emails, booking flights and restaurants, shopping, filling out forms, making calls, arranging rides and continuing to work on tasks in the background. • Muse and AI can both operate inside WhatsApp, while Instinct can even be reached by text or phone and is designed to proactively follow up on things you’ve forgotten. • The technology is impressive, but giving an AI access to emails, accounts, personal information and even payment methods is also raising major privacy and security questions. • Try Muse here: https://muse.ai/join invite Code: T5XJQ3

A NBC news helicopter crashed during live shot of bus crash in Los Angeles. No word yet on casualties. This was their live feed as it went down.

Dramatic footage shows news crews swarming scene attempting to gather information

UPDATE: Person on the ground killed after KNBC helicopter crashes in Los Angeles, California, fire officials tell local media. NBC LA says they have "lost contact" with their reporter and pilot.

ITS OFFICIAL: The Trump admin approved a $2.8 billion arms sale to Israel that includes 40,000 one-ton bombs, one of the largest U.S. munitions deliveries to the country. • The State Dept sent the deal to Congress, though Trump could use emergency powers to bypass objections.

Three people were killed and one was hospitalized after a KNBC helicopter crashed in Los Angeles, according to the LAFD.

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New photos obtained by CBS News reveal for the first time the widespread damage and destruction of buildings and vehicles at multiple U.S. positions across the Middle East, as a result of Iranian missile and drone attacks during the war. • The images were sent to CBS News by active service members on condition of anonymity because they’re not allowed to share anything with the media. • "This is major damage to our bases that hasn't been communicated to the American public.”

Chasdei Hashem: Binyamon ben Limor (Khasin) has b’h been freed from prison in Iraq after previously facing a death sentence, following extensive legal efforts led by a group of Monsey Askanim. • After $250,000 was raised to secure a formal pardon from the victim’s family, his death sentence was overturned and replaced with a minimal prison term. His release was initially blocked, but following appeals to three higher judges, he was finally freed. His Jewish attorney, Alan Lowy, traveled to Kurdistan to meet him upon his release. • He is now expected to travel through Erbil and onward to Israel, where he will finally reunite with his family.

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US holds secret talks with Houthis– • U.S. officials secretly met with representatives of Yemen’s Iran-backed Houthis in Oman over the weekend, according to five sources cited by Reuters. The talks were reportedly held at the U.S. Embassy in Muscat and facilitated by Oman. • The Houthis reportedly told U.S. officials they would not attack American or Israeli vessels and remained committed to the 2025 ceasefire with Washington, while reportedly reserving the right to target Saudi ships. • The meeting came days after the Houthis seized Yemen’s Red Sea coastline, including the strategic port of Mokha and Perim Island near the Bab el-Mandeb Strait.

Federal Reserve expected to raise interest rates for the first time since 2023– • The Federal Reserve will issue a decision that on the level of interest rates as the US weathers a months-long bout of elevated inflation set off by the Iran war. • The Fed opted to hold interest rates steady at its most recent meeting in July. • The Fed is widely expected to raise interest rates by a quarter of a percentage point to a new range of 3.75% to 4% today. This would be the first raise since 2023. • The official policy announcement will drop at 2:00 p.m. ET

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Vision Zero Reimagined • Mayor Mamdani unveiled “Vision Zero Reimagined,” a 10-year plan with commitments to reduce NYC traffic deaths, including pedestrian-only districts and a crackdown on reckless and impaired drivers. • Goals include removing dangerous drivers, holding delivery platforms accountable, discouraging oversized vehicles, expanding automated enforcement and using data to target dangerous streets. • The plan calls for more 15-mph speed limits, “daylighting” 1,000 intersections annually, expanded speed enforcement and tougher penalties for repeat offenders. • It also aims to discourage driving in favor of walking, biking, ride-share and public transit. Many proposals require Albany approval.

The Amazon cargo plane involved in the deadly crash at Miami International Airport removed from the crash site on a flatbed, with the airport fully reopening last night. • The aircraft was moved to “an open lot located just south of the crash site.” • The move comes more than a week after Flight 7598, a Boeing 767 operated by 21 Air for Amazon Air, crashed on September 6 while arriving in Miami from San Juan, Puerto Rico.

Tired of winning? Harry Enten: “The American people have turned against the President of the US on the Russia-Ukraine war simply because promises were made, and promises were not kept.”

Video report: The Kennedy Center is closing its doors as the Washington battle over safety concerns, finances and President Trump’s name on the building escalates.

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Russian Satellites Helped Iran Strike US Base • CNN reports that 14 Russian spy satellites passed over an American military base in Saudi Arabia two days before Iran’s devastating March attack. • Sources say the satellites gathered a broad spectrum of data that helped Iran conduct some of its most precise strikes against US assets.

POLITICO: Mayor Mamdani will not join protests against Israeli PM Netanyahu during his UN General Assembly visit to NYC next week, despite Mamdani’s past criticism of Netanyahu and previous calls to enforce the ICC arrest warrant against him.

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INTEREST RATE HIKE: The Federal Reserve officially hikes interest rates by 25 basis points, the first rate hike since July 2023. This ends the longest Fed interest rate pause since 2008. • All eyes on Trump, who continuously called for the Fed to cut rates.

Damage by Iran and its proxies to US diplomatic facilities in the Middle East caused roughly $184 million in damage, according to a new inspector general report about the Iran war.

Trump's chief of staff says she's cancer-free

Dramatic footage shows a prisoner breaking free of his handcuffs and punching a Sheriff's deputy after sentencing, before being tased near the Lisbon, Ohio courthouse exit and recaptured.

Argentina’s president to visit Darchei Torah: Argentine President Javier Milei, who is known for his love of Yiddishkeit, will visit Yeshiva Darchei Torah the day after Yom Kippur at the invitation of the rosh yeshiva, Rav Yaakov Bender. • The visit is timed with Milei’s journey to New York for the annual United Nations General Assembly summit. In an email to parents, Darchei Torah described Milei as "a world leader who, at a time of growing anti-Semitism, is a rare and steadfast supporter of the Jewish people." • Milei, who has said he would convert to Judaism once he leaves office, visited Yeshivas Chevron in Geulah during his trip to Eretz Yisroel this past winter.

The Iran-backed Houthi militia in Yemen claims it shot down a Saudi F-15 fighter jet over Marib province using a locally made missile.

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Ukrainian President Zelenskyy says he is ready to hold elections but would need a ceasefire first to conduct them safely. He said a pause in fighting could give Ukraine time to prepare for elections while working toward ending the war.

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President Trump calls for interest rates to be at 1% or lower after the Fed raised it by 0.25 points to 3.75%–4%, saying "we are the best credit in the world".

ISIS terrorist sentenced for deadly 2021 Afghanistan Abbey Gate bombing– • Mohammad Sharifullah, convicted in connection with the Abbey Gate bombing during Joe Biden’s presidency, has been sentenced to the maximum 20 years in prison. The attack killed 13 U.S. servicemembers. • Sharifullah was extradited from Afghanistan and convicted of participating in a nine-year conspiracy to provide material support and resources to a designated foreign terrorist organization.

Lindsey Graham Russia sanctions bill passes House vote– • The House passed a broad Russia sanctions package in a 262-159 vote, targeting Russian officials and key economic sectors. The bill heads to President Trump’s desk. • The bill is named after the late Sen. Lindsey Graham of South Carolina, who spent more than a year negotiating it. • The measure sanctions Russian officials, banks and a shadow fleet of tankers that keeps Russian energy moving. It also directs Trump to impose up to 100% tariffs on the top five importers of Russian oil or natural gas.

The dream behind Rav Shalom Ber Sorotzkin’s trip to Uman: Rav Shalom Ber Sorotzkin’s unprecedented trip to Uman for Rosh Hashanah in exchange for an $11 million donation to his yeshivah, Ateres Shlomo, continues to make waves. • It now emerges that immediately after Rosh Hashanah, one of the donors, who lives in Brazil, contacted Rav Sorotzkin and told him, “Come to me urgently.” The Rosh Yeshivah, who was at the airport in Istanbul on his way to New York, changed his plans and boarded the first available flight to Brazil. • Upon arriving at the donor’s office, the donor gathered his Jewish employees and shared with them a startling story. He related that on Rosh Hashanah night he had a dream where he saw Rav Sorotzkin standing at the tziyun of Rav Nachman and tearfully reciting Tehillim. Asked why he was weeping, the rosh yeshiva explained that he was far from his yeshivah and that it was difficult to travel so much. • At this point in the dream, Rav Nachman suddenly appeared and told Rav Sorotzkin, “Hakadosh Baruch Hu runs the world.” He then turned to the donor and said, “You should make sure to make him especially happy.” He then woke up. The donor then announced that he was adding an additional $500,000 from his personal funds to the sum, although it was more than he could afford to make Rav Sorotzkin happy.

European Union invites Canada to become first ever ‘associate member’– • Canada has been invited to become the first “associate member” of the EU by the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen. • In an unprecedented offer, von der Leyen said that the EU and Canada “see the world with the same eyes” through shared democratic values and common approaches to many big issues. • Speaking in the presence of Canadian PM Mark Carney, she said: “We want to bring the relationship with Canada to the highest level possible."

Vote your favorite toy: The finalists to make it to the National Toy Hall of Fame for 2026 was announced today, and there is something for everyone: baby boomers who grew up with Mouse Trap, ’80s kids who collected Care Bears, and veteran and newcomer mah-jongg club members alike. • Announced by The Strong National Museum of Play in Rochester, New York, the public is invited to vote on the dozen contenders — which themselves were selected out of thousands of nominations — and the top three will make it to the Hall of Fame. The museum was launched in 1998 and “recognizes toys that have engaged and delighted multiple generations,” with a total of 90 toys honored so far, from American Girl dolls and baseball cards to the cardboard box and the bicycle. • This year’s crop consists of Bingo, Bop It!, Care Bears, Mah-Jongg, Monster High, Mouse Trap, Pokémon Trading Card Game, Polly Pocket, Slide, Sorry!, Tickle Me Elmo and Yahtzee.

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Composer of famed Eitz Chaim melody niftar: Tanchum Gershon Portnoy z”l, a resident of Five Towns who composed one of the most widely sung niggunim of the Jewish world, “Eitz Chaim Hi,” was niftar. He was 75. • The poignant niggun, composed in 1975, has for over 50 years uplifted Yidden and is widely used when returning the Sefer Torah to the Aron Kodesh. Portnoy was just 22 when he composed the melody and it was first recorded on his 1975 album, Tanchumim, a play on his name. Rabbi Alvin Wainhaus, known in the music world as Avraham Yanon, sang and Yisroel Lamm arranged and conducted it. • He was born in Brooklyn to Rav Eliezer Portnoy, a talmid of the Mirrer Yeshiva in Europe who played a substantial role in the rescue of the yeshiva during the Holocaust. He personally dealt with Chiune Sugihara, the Japanese diplomat whose transit visas became a critical part of the rescue. Yehi zichro boruch.

OUT OF IT: Sen. Mitch McConnell leaves the Senate after casting his vote in the Senate Agriculture Committee this afternoon.

Trump threatens to cut off trade with Europe if Canada becomes an associate member of the EU.