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Inspired Living
Revelation: The basis of faith
By Rabbi Pinchas Stolper

Why the Encounter at Sinai should mean everything to people of faith --- all faiths

War Games
Oculus, Vive headsets are taking Israel's army underground
By Gwen Ackerman

In Israel, soldiers training in underground combat use headsets to prepare for Hamas attacks through tunnels that crisscross the border, learning to navigate claustrophobic terrain both alone and as a team

Passionate Parenting
Proven formulas to improve your communication with your children
By Karen Banes

Communication with your kids — whether they're easily distracted toddlers, or secretive, sensitive teenagers — can be a challenge. Use these formulas

Wellness
Experimental therapy that targets genes gives cancer patients hope
By Laurie Mcginley

Her doctors told her there was nothing more they could do. Then Stefanie Joho found immunotherapy

Claiming What's Yours
Vets, Don't Miss Out on 'Hidden Benefits'
By Mary Kane

There are several substantial benefits many veterans and their families are eligible for, but may not be aware of

Ess, Ess/ Eat, Eat!
The Kosher Gourmet
By Bonnie S. Benwick

Don't let the fancy name fool you. This savory, rustic tart is a piece o' cake --- and lighter, more elegant than your average thin-crust pizza

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On this day in . . .

• 70, Siege of Jerusalem: Titus and his Roman legions breach the Second Wall of Jerusalem. The Jewish defenders retreat to the First Wall. The Romans build a circumvallation, cutting down all trees within fifteen kilometers

• 1642, from this date all honors granted by Charles I are retrospectively annulled by Parliament

• 1783, the "Pennsylvania Evening Post" became the first daily newspaper published in the United States

• 1806, Andrew Jackson kills Charles Dickinson in a duel after Dickinson had accused Jackson's wife of bigamy

• 1814, Napoleonic Wars: War of the Sixth Coalition --- the Treaty of Paris (1814) is signed returning French borders to their 1792 extent. Napoleon Bonaparte is exiled to Elba

• 1859, Westminster's Big Ben rang for the first time in London

• 1868, Decoration Day (the predecessor of the modern "Memorial Day") is observed in the United States for the first time (By "Commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic" John A. Logan's proclamation on May 5)

• 1883, in New York City, a rumor that the Brooklyn Bridge is going to collapse causes a stampede that crushes twelve people

• 1922, in Washington, D.C. the Lincoln Memorial is dedicated

• 1941, during World War II: Manolis Glezos and Apostolos Santas climb on the Athenian Acropolis, tear down the Nazi swastika

• 1958, on Memorial Day, the remains of two unidentified American servicemen, killed in action during World War II and the Korean War respectively, are buried at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery

• 1968, Charles de Gaulle reappears publicly after his flight to Baden-Baden, Germany, and dissolves the French National Assembly by a radio appeal. Immediately after, less than one million of his supporters march on the Champs-Elysees in Paris. This is the turning point of May 1968 in France

• 1972, in Tel Aviv, Israel members of the Japanese Red Army carry out the Lod Airport Massacre, killing 24 people and injuring 78 others

• 1989, Tiananmen Square protests of 1989: the 33-foot high "Goddess of Democracy" statue is unveiled in Tiananmen Square by student demonstrators

• 2002, a solemn, wordless ceremony marked the end of the cleanup at Ground Zero in New York, 8 1/2 months after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks

• 2006, a jury in Rockville, Md., convicted John Allen Muhammad, a convert to that "religion of peace", of six of the Washington-area sniper killings

• 2011, Germany announced plans to abandon nuclear power over the next 11 years, outlining an ambitious strategy in the wake of Japan's Fukushima disaster to replace atomic power with renewable energy sources. ALSO: Ailing former Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak denied he ordered his forces to use live ammunition against protesters, a charge officials said could result in the death penalty. Nearly 1,000 people died during the 18-day revolution

• 2012, former Liberian President Charles Taylor, convicted of aiding war crimes, was sentenced to 50 years in prison

• 2013, Syria's President Bashar Assad said in an interview with Lebanese television that he was "confident of victory" in his country's civil war, and he warned Damascus would retaliate for any future Israeli airstrike on his territory

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Dennis Prager: Why Conservatives Still Attack Trump

News of the Weird by Chuck Shepherd: Government Action | Great Art!

• You won't believe how many K-12 public schools are still named after JFK

• Drone ruling upends rules of flight

• Texas pol saw illegality. What he did next sent his Dem colleagues into a tizzy

Cal Thomas: Terrorism's 'Groundhog Day' scenario

Debra J. Saunders: Trump Flexes U.S. Muscle, World Takes Notice

Stephen Dinan: Illegal, alien defenders miffed -- BIG TIME -- at Homeland Security head

Josh Rogin: Inside the Trump administration's plans to restart the Ukraine peace process

Salena Zito: Promised Land Lost

Cheryl K. Chumley: Maxine Waters: Less lawmaker, more circus act

Greg Crosby: Evil

Paul Kane: Rahm Emanuel on Dem problems: 'You're not going to solve it in 2018'

Declassified by Eli Lake: 50,000 troops to Afghanistan? Trump has to decide

Wesley Pruden: The easy riders take a fall at the summit

• Dry Bones by Ya'akov Kirschen

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