Tu b’Shvat: How going to synagogue regularly turned me into a dumpster diver
by Cnaan Liphshiz AMSTERDAM (JTA) — I was recently offered a handout while rummaging for food in a heap of trash as my two small…
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For Tu b’Shvat, 5 of Israel’s must-see trees
By Michael Brown (JTA) — Trees have stories, and Israel’s trees have lots of stories. Scattered throughout the country, scores of ancient and historic trees…
Op-Ed: Tu b’Shvat and the case for eco-Zionism
By Shaul Goldstein JERUSALEM (JTA) – The rabbinic tract Midrash Kohelet Raba tells us that when G-d created Adam, He took him to see each…
On Tu b’Shvat, seeds of growth and change
By Edmon J. Rodman LOS ANGELES (JTA) — For the last three years, I’ve celebrated Tu b’Shvat — the Jewish New Year of the Trees — by…