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Many in the community know Rabbi Leah Novick, perhaps because she is ready to communicate with everyone who approaches her. This mother of four was ordained as rabbi in 1987.

The society of trees ISTOCK.COM   -  Getty Images/iStockphoto× Exactly 120 years ago to this day — May 10 — Jagdish Chandra Bose demonstrated in the Royal Society, London, that plants have life — and feelings. Since then, scientists have built on his work quite a bit. It is now known that trees in forests are a society — they live as a community, share nutrients and medicines, warn each other of dangers, and support and protect their kin. Suzanne Simard, who teaches forest and conse...