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Rabbi Daniel Siegel presents a talk 鈥淩 enewing Jewish Spirituality鈥� Sunday, February 23, 4:00 pm at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3 . Admission by donation; light refreshments served. Information: heshi@me.

We live in an age of miracles鈥攁nd we don鈥檛 even know it. I've often wished I lived in the times of some of my heroes who participated in great historical events and to fight beside them in their battles. How I admired and idealized them.

鈥淟et鈥檚 hope 2020 marks the start of a year and decade when we finally take climate disruption as seriously as the evidence shows we must,鈥� David Suzuki wrote in a recent op-ed.

It鈥檚 difficult to maintain a positive outlook in the face of increasingly severe environmental challenges.

It is so that some things are so horribly wrong that it is easy to ascribe them to Evil. Of course, if Evil is the genesis of wrongness, then rightness must be akin to godliness.

Suzuki-roshi, the founder of San Francisco Zen Centre, once called Zen practice a bridge between the ideals of Zen and the reality of life.

Congregation Emanu-El Education Team presents 鈥淛ewish Shamanism鈥� with Francis Landy on Sunday, February 2, 4:00 pm at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3.

We all love a good story: a story that engages us and meets us where we find ourselves. A friend of mine says: If I am not in love with the main character by page three, then the story hasn鈥檛 grabbed me.

We live in an age in which new ideas are born each day in every field of learning. I find quite interesting the many alternative ideas and theories suggesting new ways of solving our economic problems.

鈥淲hy am I so interested in wisdom?鈥�, I found myself asking recently. It was one of those thoughts that kept coming to me over several days, so I decided to do a little exploring.