May the coming year be filled with health, happiness and prosperity for all our family and friends. —Arlene & Douglas Pierce — Karen, Matt, Ashley & Michael Fraiberg Linda, Scott & Alexa Herron May the coming year be filled with health and happiness for all our family and friends. L'Shanah Tovah! Benjamin Netahyahu speaks at a news conference after handing in his resignation as Israel's finance minister Aug. 7, 2005. bombers kill 52 people, including three Jews, and wound more than 700 aboard three subway trains and a double-decker bus. Washington — Israel requests aid from the United States, believed to total $2.2 billion, to support its Gaza withdrawal. Gleneagles, Scotland — Industrialized nations meeting at the G8 summit in Scotland pledge $3 billion in assistance to the Palestinians. Washington — Condoleezza Rice visits the Middle East in an effort to calm tensions following several terror attacks in Israel. Jerusalem — Israel hosts the 17th Maccabiah Games. Washington — A U.S. federal appeals court rejects Jonathan Pollard's request for an appeal. Washington — The U.S. House of Representatives approves a revised version of the USA Patriot Act. Washington — President Bush nominates Richard Jones, a for- mer ambassador to Kuwait and Lebanon, as the U.S. ambassador to Israel. Buenos Aires — Argentine President Nestor Kirchner admits that previous governments cov- IA September 29 . 2005 ered up facts that could have helped solve the 1994 bombing of the AMIA Jewish community center, which killed 85 people. Jerusalem — Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon's son, Knesset-member Omri Sharon, is indicted on charges of illegally financing his father's Likud Party primary campaign. Washington — Congress pass- es a bill extending daylight-sav- ing time by a month. AUGUST 2005 Jerusalem — An AWOL Israeli soldier kills four Arabs in a ter- rorist attack on a bus in the Israeli-Arab town of Shfaram. Washington — Federal charges are filed against two for- mer employees of the American Israeli Public Affairs Committee. Jerusalem — Israeli Finance Minister Benjamin Netanyahu resigns. New York — The Presbyterian Church (USA) says it may divest from four companies — Caterpillar, Motorola, ITT Industries and United Technologies — unless they stop doing business with Israel. 0 May the coming year be filled with health and happiness for all our family and friends. L'Shanah Tovah! — Ronnie Sinai, Terrie Troy and Manny Bordelove — We wish our family & friends a very healthy, happy and sweet New Year. Gloria (Goldie) and Marvin Bookstein 89