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California redwoods. Credit: SevenStorm Juhaszimrus/Pexels.
California calendar marks ‘New Year of the Trees’
Tu B’Shevat has been included in the “Glorious Redwoods Forest” wall calendar for years—at least since 2018, the organization’s centennial.
Carin M. Smilk
Feb. 11, 2025
The National Library of Israel. Credit: Courtesy.
National Library of Israel offers ‘green’ tours for holiday of Tu B’Shevat
Conducted in Hebrew, they showcase innovative features that make the library an outstanding example of green design.
Feb. 11, 2025
An emergency squad member tries to extinguish a forest fire Kiryat Shmona caused by rockets launched by Hezbollah in Lebanon, June 4, 2024. Photo by Ayal Margolin/Flash90.
Restoring the Galilee forest: A five-year journey of renewal and hope
As the trees regenerate, so, too, will the communities of Israel’s north.
Gilad Ostrovsky
Jan. 8, 2025
Buyers and sellers at Jerusalem's Mahane Yehuda market, Aug 29, 2023. Photo by Yoav Dudkevitch/TPS.
Tu B’Shevat highlights challenges being faced by Israeli farmers
"In the summer, we will see much tinier fruits or it will be a significantly smaller harvest,” said Uri Dorman.
Sveta Listratov
Jan. 25, 2024
"Tu B'Shevat" (2003) by Mark Podwal. Acrylic and colored pencil. Credit: Mark Podwal.
‘Tu B’Shevat’
Mark Podwal's drawing celebrates JNF turning Israel green.
Mark Podwal
Jan. 23, 2024
Credit: Yaakov (DryBones) Kirschen.
Tu B’Shevat 
We witness the rebirth of the Jewish state in the wake of Oct. 7.
Dry Bones
Jan. 21, 2024
Fig tree. Credit: ajcespedes/Pixabay.
Talking trees
There is a wealth of symbolism to the Jewish holiday of Tu B’Shevat, as well as many lessons for human behavior.
Rabbi Yossy Goldman
Jan. 15, 2024
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 B’Shevat 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.
Feb. 6, 2023
"Tu B'Shevat" (2003) by Mark Podwal. Acrylic and colored pencil. Credit: Mark Podwal.
Tu B’Shevat painting celebrates JNF turning Israel green
Mark Podwal often synthesizes the historical and contemporary in his artwork.
Menachem Wecker
Feb. 6, 2023