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Dimon Pep Talk Consoles Eric Cantor on Way to Wall Street: “Eric Cantor sat in his Washington office in June after one of the biggest upsets in congressional history, getting encouragement from JPMorgan Chase & Co.’s Jamie Dimon, head of the largest U.S. bank. Dimon talked about being fired from another bank by his mentor before rebounding to an even better seat, according to two people who were there. He reassured the Virginia Republican that his career would be just fine, too. He was right. Cantor, 51, started this month as a managing director and vice chairman of New York-based investment bank Moelis & Co. (MC), where he’ll earn more than $3.4 million by the end of next year.” [Bloomberg]

2016 WATCH — RAND PAUL “DANCING AT TWO WEDDINGS” : “For months, Paul has carefully calibrated his public and private efforts to appeal to the Republican Party’s foreign policy elite… Yet he is headed to Greenville, N.C., to campaign Wednesday alongside Rep. Walter Jones, one of the most isolationist voices in the GOP, an outspoken antiwar lawmaker and a close friend of his father, Ron Paul… The same hawkish wing of the GOP that Paul has been methodically courting, or at least trying to assuage, spent hundreds of thousands of dollars earlier this year trying to depose Jones from office… ‘He’s trying to dance at two weddings, and I just don’t think it’s working,’ said Noah Pollak, executive director for the Emergency Committee for Israel, which spent more than $300,000 against Jones. ‘Rand is really caught in the middle.'” [NJ]

PROFILE: “Can Scott Walker Unite the Republicans?” by Robert Draper: “America’s most divisive governor is fighting for his political life in Wisconsin, deadlocked in one of the year’s most consequential races. If he loses, he’s just another casualty of Republican stubbornness. But if he pulls it out, he’ll become an instant contender for the White House—a guy who stokes the fire-breathers on the far-right while soothing the GOP establishment. Robert Draper goes on the trail with the man who has plans for turning America red (if he can only hold on to his job)” [GQ]

2016 WATCH — CHRIS CHRISTIE BLASTS OBAMA : “Likely 2016 presidential hopeful Chris Christie slammed President Barack Obama for a ’60 Minutes’ interview in which the president said the United States had underestimated the threat of the Islamic State in the Mideast, accusing the commander in chief of dodging responsibility. [Politico] • “President Obama is winning on a foreign policy issue — for a change” [WashPost]

CLINTON-SWAP: Last night, Hillary Clinton elected to skip a high-dollar fundraiser for democratic Lt. Gov. Anthony G. Brown hosted by David & June Trone and Jaime & Andrew Schwartzberg, sending Bill instead. [BaltSun]

2014 WATCH: Who’s in the lead for FL governor? They forgot to ask the Jews: “Two new polls conflict in the Florida governor’s race — a state Chamber of Commerce poll showing Republican Gov. Rick Scott with a narrow but statistically significant lead, and a SurveyUSA poll showing Democratic challenger and former Gov. Charlie Crist in the lead… Pollsters noted the outcome could have been influenced by the fact that the polling was done during the Jewish holy week, which could have affected whether voters were home to receive polling phone calls.” [TBO]

Deceased Congressman had active anti-Semitic ties: “Accord­ing to one obit­u­ary, after his release from prison, [James] Traf­i­cant “lived a quiet life on his farm.” In real­ity, how­ever, he was far from quiet. He was a reg­u­lar colum­nist for the Amer­i­can Free Press (AFP), a conspiracy-oriented anti-Semitic news­pa­per, attended extrem­ist events, and expressed anti-Semitic views… His strong sup­port of Nazi war crim­i­nal John Dem­jan­juk drew the approval of white suprema­cists and anti-Semites. Later, dur­ing his trial, Traf­i­cant sought to remove Jew­ish jurors, say­ing that “I have con­cern about cer­tain polit­i­cal and reli­gious orga­ni­za­tions who have tar­geted me.” [ADL]

STARTUP NATION: “LifeBond Ltd ., an Israeli company in clinical trials with biocompatible devices for tissue repair, has raised around half of a $25 million Series D to further develop its products, the company said. The funding was provided by existing investors Pitango Venture Capital, Giza Venture Capital , Aurum Ventures MKI, GlenRock Israel and former Omrix Biopharmaceuticals Chief Executive Robert Taub” [PEVC] •  “Wix, which offers a user-friendly DIY platform for setting up websites, today announced the opening of a new development center in the Beersheva high tech park.” [Globes]

STARTUP SPOTLIGHT: Brothers David & Alan Tisch’s App at 6 Weeks: The “most hyped about fashion app ever,” Spring, is doing quite well 6 weeks in. “Raising $7.5 million in capital from backers like Group Arnault, Proenza Schouler CEO Shirley Cook, Google Ventures and Theory’s Andrew Rosen, it also had the early support of some of the fashion and tech industries’ biggest players.” [Fashionista]

REAL ESTATE ROUNDUP: “Jared Kushner’s addition of six lavish penthouses on top of the Puck Building is looking like a success so far with the first one selling for $28 million before any of the units had even been listed publicly. Now, another of the Puck Penthouses has hit the market asking $35.1 million, and a third — the smallest of the penthouses at 4,895-square-feet and the first one to be listed back in January — has returned with its price increased from $21 million to $22 million.” [Curbed] • “Lichtenstein’s Lightstone turns hefty profit on sale of Fulton St. site” [RealDeal] •  “With Nationals in full swing, Lerner makes his pitch for the FBI at Landover” [WP]

SPORTS BLINK: “How Jewish fans and rabbis reacted to the Nats’ Yom Kippur game times” by Dan Steinberg: “A certain segment of Jewish Nats fans has been worried about the Yom Kippur issue for week: How would the holiest holiday on the Jewish calendar intersect with first two games of Washington’s NLDS? For most Jewish fans, the choice will be pretty clear: If you want to go to a 3:07 game, you’re not going to make it to services on time. And if you want to follow Yom Kippur in a traditional fashion, the Saturday game is also likely out.” [WashPost]

YOM KIPPUR, DAY OF BIKES: “It’s Yom Kippur, the holiest day on the Jewish calendar, and even in largely secular Tel Aviv, everyone stays off the roads out of respect for the day’s sanctity. Everyone, that is, except cyclists, for whom Yom Kippur has come to represent another kind of day: the day of the bike. Indeed, when Yom Kippur begins at sundown on Friday, the city will be swarmed with bikers, whizzing through the city’s hushed streets.” [NYT]

NFL: Chiefs safety Husain Abdullah should not have been penalized: “Abdullah, a Muslim who sat out the 2012 season to go on a pilgrimage, told reporters after the game he believed he was flagged for first sliding to his knees – not performing the Sajdah, a religious prostration. But the NFL moved quickly to clarify the situation. “Rule 12, Section 3, Article 1 (d) states ‘players are prohibited from engaging in any celebrations or demonstrations while on the ground.’ However, the officiating mechanic in this situation is not to flag a player who goes to the ground as part of religious expression, and as a result, there should have been no penalty on the play.” [USA Today]

DESSERT: “How did 12-year-old Eitan Bernath of Teaneck come to be on the Food Network’s popular cooking show ‘Chopped’? For Eitan, a student at Yavneh Academy in Paramus, cooking is more than just a hobby. Struggling for the right word, the fledgling chef — whose website, cookwithchefeitan.com, will launch this week — described his relationship with the culinary arts as a ‘passion.'” [NJJS]

Masbia included in list of “7 groups making communities more compassionate” – “Masbia serves up dignity with dinner to hundreds of hungry New Yorkers every day. Instead of long lines and a tedious intake process, diners at this soup kitchen are greeted by a friendly host and ushered to a private table for a delicious three-course kosher meal… “It’s a restaurant with no cash register,” says executive director Alexander Rapaport. When Rapaport began Masbia, his goal was to provide kosher food in a comfortable, welcoming atmosphere. “Doing it with dignity means people will come,” he says, and he’s right. Every day, more than 500 people come to Masbia’s three locations. This year alone, the growing organization expects to serve more than 1 million meals.” [CSMonitor]

That’s all folks; have a great day!