Tu B’shvat

A down-to-earth, ‘Avatar’ Tu B’Shvat

Like the Na’vi who worship trees in “Avatar,” Jews will celebrate the New Year for Trees on Jan. 30, expressing in song and seder a kind of tree love as well.

By Edmon J. Rodman January 19, 2010 7:11 pm

Backyard bounty for a Tu B’Shevat seder

In California, who needs a market to celebrate the new year for trees? Assembling the foods for your seder is definitely doable and helps make connections to the mystics and your roots.

February 3, 2009 2:21 am

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On Tu B’shevat, the Trees’ Birthday, It’s Good to Remember Our Interdependence

Tu B’Shevat, the 15th day of the month of Shevat, marks the birthday of the trees. Will the trees be taken out to dinner, to the Inn of the Seventh Ray in Topanga, Calif., to feast on vegan duck and passion fruit sorbet? Will they receive a digital camera, a copy of Carl Hiaasen’s newest […]

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Tu B’shvat

A down-to-earth, ‘Avatar’ Tu B’Shvat

Backyard bounty for a Tu B’Shevat seder

On Tu B’shevat, the Trees’ Birthday, It’s Good to Remember Our Interdependence

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Tu B’shevat Feature: As New Administration Takes Office, It’s Important Not to Forget the Earth

A Brief History of Tu B’shevat

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Tu B’Shevat Affords Opportunity to Share Political and Spiritual Tastes

Tu B’shevat’s Four Questions: Seder Celebrates Link with Earth

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