Tu Bishvat

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Netanyahu leads Tu Bishvat tree-planting ceremony in honor of Jerusalem terror victims

February 6, 2023

The Israeli prime minister planted an olive tree close to the synagogue where a Palestinian terrorist killed seven people last month.

Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu leads a tree-planting ceremony in honor of Tu Bishvat in the Neve Ya'akov neighborhood of Jerusalem, Feb. 6, 2023. Credit: Amos Ben-Gershom/GPO.

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Tu Bishvat painting celebrates JNF turning Israel green

Menachem WeckerFebruary 6, 2023

Mark Podwal often synthesizes the historical and contemporary in his artwork.

"Tu Bishvat" by Mark Podwal. Acrylic and colored pencil. Credit: Mark Podwal

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Dror EydarFebruary 5, 2023

The real lesson of Tu Bishvat

Eleven years after Mark Twain’s visit to “a hopeless land,” the community of Petah Tikva was established, awakening the somnambulant national consciousness. If we believe in our ability to resurrect ourselves and are loyal to it, the land will blossom and give us back love in return.

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