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Tu Bishvat

Israeli 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.

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

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

February 6, 2023

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

Tu Bishvat painting celebrates JNF turning Israel green

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

Menachem Wecker

February 6, 2023

A table full of fruits and nuts, traditionally eaten for the Tu Bishvat holiday, at the Rashbi's gravesite in Meron, Jan. 16, 2022. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

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.

February 5, 2023