Tu B’Shevat

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Let’s make Tu b’Shevat a day to demand action on climate change

We have neglected the trees we claim to be celebrating, writes a professor of Talmud at the Jewish Theological Seminary.

By David Kraemer January 18, 2019 11:56 am

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Op-Ed: Tu b’Shvat and the case for eco-Zionism

JERUSALEM (JTA) – The rabbinic tract Midrash Kohelet Raba tells us that when God created Adam, He took him to see each and every tree and plant, telling him to “make sure you do not degrade and spoil my planet – for if you do, there will be none to come after you and restore […]

January 24, 2016 11:10 am

On Tu b’Shvat, seeds of growth and change in our seder and beyond

The seven species enjoyed at a seder honoring the Jewish new year for the trees also provide a moving metaphor for strengthening community.

January 19, 2016 4:46 pm

Teens picking fruit for needy in honor of Tu b’Shvat

February 2, 2015 9:17 am

Pig’s head, graffiti desecrate Russian synagogue

December 23, 2013 5:43 am

Calif. synagogue holding animal blessing

By Sue Fishkoff January 5, 2011 1:56 am

Tu b’Shevat survey: Israelis want to plant trees

By Marcy Oster January 26, 2010 5:27 pm

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Op-Ed: Our Tu b’Shevat responsibility

By Steve Gutow and David Saperstein January 26, 2010 2:38 am

Jews in Odessa, Vancouver connect

By Vladimir Matveyev February 10, 2009 12:29 am

Backyard bounty for a Tu B’Shevat seder

By Edmon J. Rodman February 3, 2009 2:21 am

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