President Trump said Thursday he does not believe the Israeli government is spying on the United States.
His remarks came after a news report said U.S. officials thought Israel had placed surveillance devices around Washington.
“I don’t think the Israelis are spying on us,” Trump told reporters on the South Lawn of the White House. “I really would find that hard to believe.”
Trump said he has a strong relationship with Israel, pointing to his administration’s policies on Iran, of which the Israeli government has been supportive. Trump later added that “anything is possible” but repeated that he doesn’t believe it.
Read more at The Hill.

Deputy Attorney General Jeff Rosen told former FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe on Thursday that his appeal against possible criminal charges against him has been rejected, according to a person familiar with the decision.
The rejection may pave the way for an indictment of McCabe, who according to a Justice Department Inspector General’s report made false statements to federal investigators about his disclosure of information to a journalist in 2016.
McCabe was fired without receiving a pension by then-Attorney General Jeff Sessions in 2018 after the IG concluded McCabe “lacked candor” when questioned about the incident.

Democratic presidential candidate Andrew Yang will reportedly announce a $120,000 giveaway during Thursday night’s primary debate — a move that he left as a surprise but said would be “unprecedented,” Politico reports.
Yang’s campaign will randomly select 10 families for the giveaway and award them a total of $120,000 over the next year, with each family getting $1,000 per month, as the team pilots a program for the White House hopeful’s universal basic income proposal, according to Politico.

It is with great sadness that we inform you of the passing of Rav Chaim Shaul Kahan.
Rav Chaim Shaul leaves behind his wife, Rebbetzin Devorah, and his five children, sons R’ Mordechai in Lakewood and R’ Moshe in Far Rockaway and daughters Mrs. Yocheved Kikin of Lakewood, Mrs. Hinda Rivka Levy from Flatbush and Mrs. Miriam Harrar from Lakewood.
The levayah will be tomorrow Friday at Shomrei Hadas, located at 3803 14th Ave, Brooklyn, New York.
Boruch Day Emmes.

Senior leaders of the Chabad movement in Israel have endorsed the Yahadut HaTorah party, just days ahead of the September 17th general election.
Rabbi Chaim Shalom Deitsch, the head of the Tzemach Tzedek organization, and Rabbi Zalman Goffin of Yeshivat Tomchei Temimim of Kfar Chabad came out with a special call for Chabad-Lubavitch members to vote for the UTJ in the upcoming elections next week.
Rabbi Deitsch wrote: “In answering the question of who to choose, we have nothing but the words of the Rebbe who said we should vote for the most charedi list, and it is undoubtedly the list of Agudat Yisrael,”
Rabbi Goffin also said: “The most charedi party, as the Rebbe instructed us [to support], is the Yahadut HaTorah party.”

The Israel Defense Forces struck Hamas military installations in the Gaza Strip on Wednesday night in retaliation for rocket fire from the coastal enclave earlier in the day, one of which struck a home in Moshav Netiv Ha’asara.
Three rockets were fired at Israeli communities north of Gaza on Wednesday afternoon, according to the military, marking the second consecutive day of rocket fire from the coastal territory. Two of the rockets landed in open territory, causing no damage.
The IDF targeted two Hamas observation posts in northern Gaza in response.
Code Red sirens were sounded in Kibbutz Zikim and Moshav Mavki’im late Wednesday evening in what the IDF Spokesperson’s Unit called a false alarm. A 77-year-old woman was injured while running to a safe room.

Firefighters managed to salvage Torah scrolls from a 120-year-old synagogue in Duluth, Minn., before an overnight fire on Monday that started in a storage room wound up destroying the building.
Leaders of Adas Israel Congregation, Duluth’s oldest-surviving Modern Orthodox Jewish synagogue, guided firefighters as they removed artifacts from the basement of the synagogue, according to the Duluth News Tribute.
“This is a huge deal,” said assistant fire chief Dennis Edwards. “There are some things that are not replaceable.”
At a news conference late Monday afternoon, it was reported that no accelerants were found at the scene. An investigation is under way.

It is with great sadness that Matzav.com reports the passing of Rav Shlomo Gissinger zt”l, rov of Khal Zichron Yaakov of Lakewood, NJ.
Rav Gissinger was known fondly and reverently to many people, not only in Lakewood, which was home to Rav Gissinger for nearly fifty years, but throughout the United States and beyond. He was a renowned posek and sought-after expert in many areas of halacha, especially in the complex fields of medicine and kashrus. In this capacity as well as that of highly regarded counselor to individuals and families, Rav Gissinger’s impact on the Torah world near and far became almost as well-known as his patient manner and sage counsel.