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Exploring the Sephardic Legacy series

Exploring the Sephardic Legacy series

How the Sephardim 鈥淲orlded with Andrew Gow and Francis Landy is the fourth presentation in the 鈥淓xploring the Sephardic Legacy鈥 series.
Victoria Multifaith Society sends a letter of support to our Mosques

Victoria Multifaith Society sends a letter of support to our Mosques

The Victoria Multifaith Society sent versions of the letter below to both the Sunni Mosque and the Ismaili Jamatkhana on Friday 15 March 2019 Dear Imam Ismail We were enormously saddened in hearing the horrific news this morning of the shooting at th
Discovering fearlessness through meditation

Discovering fearlessness through meditation

Neither a leader nor a follower be, yet be fearless and act with unambivalent compassion. This is the training goal of Buddhist meditation and a good deal of the Dharma as well.
What will the closing of churches in our communities really mean?

What will the closing of churches in our communities really mean?

I open my computer this morning to check the news before leaving for church. A sidebar headline announces, 鈥淔rom sacred to secular: Canada set to lose 9,000 churches, warns national heritage group.
Meditation can help change how we think

Meditation can help change how we think

Our brain is structured with a seniority bias [I learn this from Michael Yellow Bird's essay, 鈥淣eurodecolonization: Using Mindfulness Practices to Delete the Neural Networks of Colonialism鈥漖, which is to say that, on an evolutionary scale, older part
Global Democracy Part II: The Path to Peace

Global Democracy Part II: The Path to Peace

Abdu鈥檒-Bah谩, the son of the Founder of the Bah谩鈥櫭 Faith, traveled throughout North America on the eve of World War I, speaking of his father鈥檚 teachings related to the establishment of universal peace, including a democratic system of world governanc
Global integration needs more humane system

Global integration needs more humane system

As technology allows us to take advantage of ever-greater global integration, the resulting social changes are amazing, unprecedented, disruptive, and often painful.
Eva Salomon's War: Author, Gabriela Golinger talks about her book

Eva Salomon's War: Author, Gabriela Golinger talks about her book

Author, Gabriela Goliger talks about her book, Eva Salomon鈥檚 War, at Congregation Emanu-El Synagogue, 1461 Blanshard Street, Victoria V8W 2J3 on Sunday, March 3 at 2:00 pm. Admittance is by donation; light refreshments will be served.
Charity is so much more than the giving of money

Charity is so much more than the giving of money

Charity. The first thing that comes to most people's minds is the giving of money, or non-perishables, or services to someone in need, no strings attached: Thanksgiving soup kitchens, Christmas hampers or the newest addition: Giving Tuesday.
Celebrating all kind of families

Celebrating all kind of families

鈥榊ou can choose your friends but you cannot choose your family.鈥 This old saying assumes that families are necessarily biological鈥攖hat blood or DNA is what connects people into families. But this is not completely true.