http://www.JewishWorldReview.com/ Weekend of May 26-28, 2006 *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* Welcome to the newsletter read by, among others, Washington power brokers, editorial page editors, and society's most important and influential citizenry. THEY'RE in great company! **<>**<>**<>**<>****<>**<>**<>**<>** [ D A I L Y I N S P I R A T I O N ] NEW SERIES! "Angels Don't Leave Footprints". With this series, renowned author and lecturer Rabbi Abraham J. Twerski, M.D. looks at life and its problems and guides us around the pitfalls and into the sunlight. Packed with stories, saturated with practical advice, this series shreds the cobwebs that hobble the human spirit and focuses on opportunity and optimism http://jewishworldreview.com/twerski/angels_footprints.php3 <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> [ J E W I S H L I V I N G ] ---> outlook Stand Up and Be Counted By Rabbi David Aaron How to let your self be loved http://jewishworldreview.com/david/aaron_be_counted.php3 ---> war on terror Abbas threatens Hamas with measure implicitly recognizing Israel By Dion Nissenbaum Amazing what international pressure mixed desperation can accomplish Or is it merely a case of "Good terrorist, bad terrorist"? http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/abbas_threatens.php3 <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> THIS NEWSLETTER is a free service that's supported solely by the generous kindness of our readers. If you can, PLEASE go to https://www.kerenyehoshuavyisroel.com/keren/jwr/donate.cfm and make a tax deductible donation. ANY amount will be GRATEFULLY APPRECIATED. 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Make your request when replying to this update. *:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:**:-.,_,.-:*'``'*:-.,_,.-:* [ T O D A Y I N H I S T O R Y ] On this day in … * 1805, Napoleon Bonaparte was crowned king of Italy in Milan * 1865, arrangements were made in New Orleans for the surrender of Confederate forces west of the Mississippi * 1868, the impeachment trial of President Andrew Johnson ended with his acquittal on all remaining charges * 1895, playwright Oscar Wilde was convicted of a morals charge in London; he was sentenced to prison * 1935, Babe Ruth hit the 714th and final home run of his career, for the Boston Braves, in a game against the Pittsburgh Pirates * 1946, Transjordan (now Jordan) became a kingdom as it proclaimed its new monarch, King Abdullah Ibn Ul-Hussein * 1961, President Kennedy asked the nation to work toward putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade * 1968, the Gateway Arch, part of the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial in St. Louis, was dedicated * 1976, U.S. Rep. Wayne L. Hays, D-Ohio, admitted to a "personal relationship" with Elizabeth Ray, a committee staff member who claimed she'd received her job in order to be Hays' mistress * 1979, 275 people died when an American Airlines DC10 crashed on takeoff from Chicago's O'Hare airport * 1986, an estimated 7 million Americans participated in "Hands Across America," forming a line across the country to raise money for the nation's hungry and homeless * 2001, A federal appeals court lifted an injunction on publication of "The Wind Done Gone," Alice Randall's satirical retelling of "Gone With The Wind" from a black viewpoint * 2005, Texas Supreme Court Justice Priscilla Owen won Senate confirmation as a federal appeals judge after a ferocious four-year battle <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> [ W O R T H 1 0 0 0 W O R D S ] * Flo & Friends http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/flo/flo.asp * Frank & Ernest http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/frank_and_ernest/frank_and_ernest.asp * Momma http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/momma/momma.asp * The Born Loser http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/born_loser/born_loser.asp * Bliss http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/bliss/bliss.asp * Herman http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/herman/herman.asp * The Sunshine Club http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/sunshine_club/sunshine_club.asp * 9 to 5 http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/9_to_5/9_to_5.asp * Bound and Gagged http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/bound_and_gagged/bound_and_gagged.asp * The Other Coast http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/toc/toc.asp * State of the Union http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/sou/sou.asp * One Big Happy http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/obh/obh1.asp * Mallard Fillmore http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/mallard/2000/mallard1.asp * Moderately Confused http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/moderately_confused/moderately_confused.asp * Dry Bones http://www.jewishworldreview.com/strips/dry_bones/dry_bones.asp * John Cole http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/cole/cole1.asp * John Deering http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/deering/deering1.asp * Gary Varvel http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/varvel/varvel1.asp * Doug Marlette http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/marlette/marlette1.asp * Chip Bok http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/bok/bok1.asp * Ed Gamble http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/gamble/gamble1.asp * Scott Stantis http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/stantis/stantis1.asp * Michael Ramirez http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/ramirez/ramirez1.asp * Chuck Asay http://www.jewishworldreview.com/toons/asay/asay1.asp * " "¤" "¤" "¤" "¤" "¤" "¤" "¤" "¤" "¤" [ L I F E S T Y L E S ] * GET A JOB! by Marty Nemko: Working While Ugly --- Career Advice for the Unattractive http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0506/nemko052506.php3 * Then Again ... by Marybeth Hicks Life isn't fair --- tell that to my children http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/hicks052406.php3 * Dr. Peter H. Gott: X-ray just won't cut it; Don't take Colon Cleanse? http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/gott1.asp * Everyday Cheapskate: Put extra cash into car fund http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/cheapskate1.asp <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> [ I N S I G H T ] * Victor Davis Hanson: Our brave new world of immigration http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/hanson052506.php3 * Argus Hamilton's political zingers! (SUPER SIZED!) http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0506/hamilton052506.php3 * Garrison Keillor: Taking a new look at grandpa http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/keillor052506.php3 * Debra J. Saunders: The mortgage you didn't know you have http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/saunders052506.php3 * James Lileks: Music industry needs a reality check (GREAT!) http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/lileks052506.php3 * Suzanne Fields: The 'shared ideals' of a hero http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/fields052506.asp * HOFFA TAUNTS U.S. IN NEW VIDEO Late Teamster boss twits FBI for failing to find him -- Andy Borowitz http://www.jewishworldreview.com/0506/borowitz052506.php3 * Bob Tyrrell: Jimma Carter pens the worst book of 2005 http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/tyrrell052506.php3 * Donald Lambro: Losers bet against America's economy http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/lambro.php3 * Larry Elder: Who thought Iraq had WMD? Most everybody http://www.jewishworldreview.com/cols/elder052506.asp * Max Boot: Securing Baghdad is a numbers game (THOUGHT PROVOKING!) http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/boot052506.php3 * Dick Morris: On immigration, for once, Bush understands what the public wants http://jewishworldreview.com/0506/morris052506.php3 * Ann Coulter: Apple-polisher shows P.O.W. real courage http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/coulter052506.php3 * George Will: A vote for English http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/will052506.asp * Cal Thomas: A grateful nation http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/thomas052506.asp * Thomas Sowell: Bordering on fraud, Part III http://jewishworldreview.com/cols/sowell052506.asp <^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^><^> http://www.JewishWorldReview.com/ Want to drop us a note? You may send it to JWR's editor in chief: mailto:blj@jewishworldreview.com EVERY letter is read and valued! ENJOYING THIS NEWSLETTER? WE NEED YOUR HELP AND WE NEED IT NOW! Please help us keep on keeping on. 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