tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.comments2023-07-14T01:31:23.843-06:00A Pilgrim's TalesJan Millerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12573798745977697165noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-87464757728785218742022-11-24T03:56:27.612-07:002022-11-24T03:56:27.612-07:00Thanks for aa great readThanks for aa great readHome Inspection East Los Angeleshttps://www.local-home-inspection.com/us/california-house-inspection/home-inspection-east-los-angeles.shtmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-79184542687693346992022-03-13T06:44:46.840-06:002022-03-13T06:44:46.840-06:00This iis awesomeThis iis awesomeMeredith Ohttps://www.meredithowens.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-38894263329738982302020-09-10T09:55:43.469-06:002020-09-10T09:55:43.469-06:00We would like to acknowledge the exceptional servi...We would like to acknowledge the exceptional service that we received during the entire refinancing process. Mr Lee professionalism and knowledge of the loan company was impressive and truly appreciated. Mr Lee is a reliable loan officer.In the past, we have had experience with several others banks and have found the process frustrating and tedious. Mr Lee went above and beyond to ensure that all of our needs were met and that everything was handled thoroughly and efficiently. We have and will continue to recommend him in the future.”Mr Lee Contact Email /Whatsapp 247officedept@gmail.com+1-989-394-3740<br /><br /><br />Achima Abelardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07352625573124440289noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-5153530988539942022014-05-20T14:25:26.136-06:002014-05-20T14:25:26.136-06:00It's good to reconnect like this, and also to ...It's good to reconnect like this, and also to see firsthand the daily pattern dating back to 1948 of disrespecting the Palestinians. The protest over the death by the authorities of protesters alas doesn't make the news over here!Arthur H. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789866654006603406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-81473359534722060092013-11-20T20:35:54.702-07:002013-11-20T20:35:54.702-07:00jan - i know folks who travel to the middle east. ...jan - i know folks who travel to the middle east. they and their families live like this all the time. i'm so glad you are there as a witness for peace, so that we all get to know both sides of the sad stories that israel and palestine have to tell us. marilyn miller karrmarilyn miller karrnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-88340517357761009112013-08-27T01:18:23.201-06:002013-08-27T01:18:23.201-06:00Cool!Cool!Timmyhttp://bestrecumbentexercisebikes.us/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-71650060858362710212012-12-12T16:28:01.896-07:002012-12-12T16:28:01.896-07:00After a bit of smoke has cleared on this (by Dec. ...After a bit of smoke has cleared on this (by Dec. 11th), it does appear that Israel's president is at least saying that his actions on the west bank since the recognition by the UN does not preclude a two-state deal. We'll see, no? So perhaps friends of Israel from many perspectives (like the U.S.) have had a "moment of prayer" with the Israeli government. Arthur H. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789866654006603406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-21817833125025172302012-11-28T10:30:39.918-07:002012-11-28T10:30:39.918-07:00"Unknown" is Arthur H. Miller, Lake Fore..."Unknown" is Arthur H. Miller, Lake Forest, ILArthur H. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789866654006603406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-84324228063667258952012-11-28T10:26:55.626-07:002012-11-28T10:26:55.626-07:00For a fascinating alternative perspective about Je...For a fascinating alternative perspective about Jewish settlement in and around Jerusalem, check the excellent but perhaps politically challenged oral history discussion of the landscape design work there by U.S. trained landscape architect Shlomo Aronson: see this index page and then choose "Jerusalem Transformed" to play (1:21 min.): http://tclf.org/sites/default/files/pioneers/aronson/videos/index.html. Highlighting the beautification of the new open spaces around the ancient city, it seems oblivious to the troubled political background of this freedom to create new breath-taking vistas. This is on the website of the very useful Cultural Landscape Foundation, Washington, DC, to which I am an enthusiastic contributor, a project of its much-respected president Charles Birnbaum. The group has done much good work promoting preservation of cultural landscapes in the U.S., even if this one instance seems to lack much contextual awareness for a balanced view. Arthur H. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789866654006603406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-56354295336993268502012-01-25T19:38:42.944-07:002012-01-25T19:38:42.944-07:00You refer to ethnic cleansing in your post. Can y...You refer to ethnic cleansing in your post. Can you explain the use of this loaded term in relation to the Jewish State? While I abhor the Netanyahu government and the further colonisation by the "settlements" use of ethnic cleansing to describe governmental conduct is not only a gross generalisation but entirely incorrect, inappropriate and downright offensive. We can hold the Israeli government accountable for the settlements that are colonisation, we can hold the IDF accountable for conduct that violates basic human rights...when it occurs, we can speak out against extremists...but none of this approximates ethnic cleansing. The holocaust, Bosnia, Darfur, American treatment of Indians is ethnic cleansing NOT what is occurring in Israel. Question: if you and other Christians are for peace...do you recognise and challenge the actions and rhetoric of Hamas, other Arab nation-states that seek to marginalise Palestinians (although not Arab how about Lebanon) and eradicate the Jews from the face of the earth? How does one compromise with a political body that seeks to push us into the sea? Only up to our knees? Is your concern and outrage reserved just for Jews a la the Israeli government? If no, then where is the information on the killing of Jews by rockets, by car bombs and by stealing into Jewish communities snd killing families and little children? Perhaps this is why we jews still look at Christan " concern" as neither fair, helpful or truly on the side of righteousness.Rabbi Krisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-84773039707693726442011-12-18T10:30:07.262-07:002011-12-18T10:30:07.262-07:00Thanks, Jan. Just saw this. Indeed, those were ama...Thanks, Jan. Just saw this. Indeed, those were amazing days. These human meetings should go on much more. We saw and met with some shameful and some beautiful faces of Israeli society. We gave a chance to get used to each other. Thank you Jamal. Hope to repeat this more after I found my energies again. Thank you! You're amazing!Gadihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15068690289476361122noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-40574585485257846162011-12-18T08:02:04.996-07:002011-12-18T08:02:04.996-07:00This is beautiful and very important work!This is beautiful and very important work!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-77145760430522231662011-12-14T13:57:10.184-07:002011-12-14T13:57:10.184-07:00Jan, thank you so much for your wonderful reflecti...Jan, thank you so much for your wonderful reflections. Your ability to hold onto hard truths and hope is inspiring. I, too am writing advent reflections based on my experience in Palestine. Please join me at httP://agarmentofdestiny.blogspot.com/<br /><br />Again many many thanks for your reflectionsRev. Loren McGrailhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09567537749254891980noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-67188713672073084922011-10-31T07:45:18.321-06:002011-10-31T07:45:18.321-06:00Amazing resilience among people, richly shown I...Amazing resilience among people, richly shown I'm sure under these very trying circumstances.Arthur H. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789866654006603406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-60896575909109997092011-10-16T03:40:26.400-06:002011-10-16T03:40:26.400-06:00Thanks for sharing, I will bookmark and be back ag...Thanks for sharing, I will bookmark and be back again<br /><br /><a href="http://www.harshamitracancer.com" rel="nofollow">Cancer Treatments Hospitals</a>Victoryperfecthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16906206979453971753noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-43774083710219145042010-07-07T02:53:27.268-06:002010-07-07T02:53:27.268-06:00Jan,
Good luck on your upcoming pilgrimage to Jer...Jan,<br /><br />Good luck on your upcoming pilgrimage to Jerusalem. In 2006 I made a similar walking pilgrimage all the way from France to Jerusalem. The last section I hiked was the Israel National Trail from Haifa and it was especially an eye-opener, as I stayed with local families each night. My book about the experience may have some helpful tips for you about traveling there, as well as my own revelations about conditions for both the Israelis and Palestinians. Yes, the fear is pervasive, but there is a growing grass-roots realization that peace is the only answer. <br /><br />For more information, please visit:<br />http://www.pilgrimstales.com/alongthetemplartrail.html<br /><br />In peace,<br />BrandonBrandon Wilsonhttp://www.pilgrimstales.com/alongthetemplartrail.htmlnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-10721025919175327462010-06-01T06:49:08.080-06:002010-06-01T06:49:08.080-06:00Thank you for these links, especially the last tha...Thank you for these links, especially the last that helps us keep up with developments after the brutal overreaction by Israel. <br /><br />When one thinks of all the other ways that ships could have been corralled or herded into an area where airport like searches could have been done, the attack on open waters seems a flagrant disregard for world and certainly U.S. opinion. Friends of Israel, who want to see her safe and secure, mourn this terribly counterproductive step. The U.S. cannot ignore this action and the attitude it reflects toward Israel's captive residents. <br /><br />Arthur MillerArthur Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-71368691246454428832010-05-31T10:34:19.507-06:002010-05-31T10:34:19.507-06:00We are struck to see the contrast between your mis...We are struck to see the contrast between your mission and message and the violence of the response to the attempt to run the Gaza blockade. We hope and pray that the rest of the country remains peaceful and that you and your friends are safe and undeterred from your work. <br /><br />Art MillerArthur H. Millerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14789866654006603406noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-43454837739597189602010-05-28T22:53:04.147-06:002010-05-28T22:53:04.147-06:00hi jan -- thanks for sharing about these young adu...hi jan -- thanks for sharing about these young adults. there are so many stories of this conflict that go untold. it's great to envision you in I/P. we are staying at ecce home this time around as well. it's great to know that you have arrived and already dug in to so much important work -- that of listening with compassion and recognizing our common humanity. much love to you. safe journeys. and please keep sharing your experiences with the rest of us.Jeannehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05289608773139620248noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-39526310902075173532010-05-16T09:37:18.748-06:002010-05-16T09:37:18.748-06:00The irony or Catch-22 character of the U.S. and Is...The irony or Catch-22 character of the U.S. and Israeli crackdowns is that a small group of extreme militants, fostering terrorist acts in Israel and the U.S., leads to the very repression the acts are said to oppose.Art Millernoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-55630220155740978352010-01-18T12:50:35.743-07:002010-01-18T12:50:35.743-07:00she couldn´t have been detained in czech rep. by e...she couldn´t have been detained in czech rep. by el-al workers - they don´t have the authority to do so.<br />my friends are regulary going to visit teritories and help the people there and they never had a problem - the thing is you should be smart enough to tell the el-al and immigration the truth and not try to play james bond or be arrongant.if they catch you lying - uhoh, you blew it and you can get ready for harsher treatment or even deportation.<br />every country has the right to let in only people it wants - right, U.S.A., Russia, Saudi Arabia etc. etc. etc. ? peter stastny, CZEAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-41325417132158291172009-09-29T12:03:45.716-06:002009-09-29T12:03:45.716-06:00Thanks. See also More Than Just a Photo-Op by Dani...Thanks. See also More Than Just a Photo-Op by Daniel Levy at http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2009/09/22/more_than_just_a_photo_op?page=0,0cslahurdhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04526705610093825589noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-60559072308857723602009-09-16T13:07:51.207-06:002009-09-16T13:07:51.207-06:00We should be mindful that Hamas rockets did no har...We should be mindful that Hamas rockets did no harm to anyone in Israel and only a few IDF were killed during their raid on Gaza. I don't blame the Gazeans for being pissed as "Israelis" sit on their land eating their food while the Palestinian owners are starving refugees! How can anyone say that the Palestinians are guilty of war crimes for anything they do to the people who take the food right out of the mouths of their parents and children? We couldn't respect them if they didn't fight back! And these "Israelis" walk in their shoes as if they are the Palestinians! Changing the name of Palestine to Israel does not hide the clear cut fact of identity theft! That in itself is criminal. Is it not clear to any right thinking person that the criminal state of Israel should be dissolved? Let the right thinking Israelis become legal, law abiding Palestinian citizens and we can begin to focus on other criminal activities going on in the world. This one has a solution.sarasmomhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00913726428765054860noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-50081987995004593282009-09-04T10:33:13.819-06:002009-09-04T10:33:13.819-06:00Thanks for posting this, Jan. I like your blog. --...Thanks for posting this, Jan. I like your blog. --LSLincoln Z. Shlenskyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01688122562897215190noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4592573080562751450.post-52146558787860818732009-01-05T22:28:00.000-07:002009-01-05T22:28:00.000-07:00Environment Department member Chris Brock said the...Environment Department member Chris Brock said the island could be proud nine beaches met strict standards. The natural beauty of the island is one of the main ingredients of the States' new tourism marketing campaign. <BR/>Meanwhile, St Martin Douzanier Patrick Symons is calling for an end to the continued closure of Petit Port beach. Petit Port has been closed since 2001 after a rock fall damaged the access steps. <BR/>Douzanier Symons said the former Board of Administration agreed to carry the repairs after much lobbying was carried out. <BR/>But since the change of government the promise has been "put on the back burner", he said. He is calling for action to reopen the beach to be taken. <BR/><A HREF="http://www.go-allgaeu.com/" REL="nofollow">Ferienwohnung Allgäu</A>Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com