Common practice follows the School of Hillel, and the arboreal new year is marked on Tu Bishvat. There are, however, almond trees in some areas of Israel that seem to adopt the position of the ...

Similar to Vietnam, Israel’s agricultural traditions follow the lunar calendar. This year, the tree-planting festival took place from February 10 to 20. Vietnamese embassy joins Israel’s tree planting ...

Tu B’Shvat, the Jewish New Year for the Trees, arrives at the lowest point of winter. The land looks barren, and the trees stand lifeless. Yet, the almond trees—the shkediot—begin to blossom ...

The Oregon Zoo has determined that the newest member of its Asian elephant herd is indeed a girl, and given her a name: Tula-Tu. Oregon Zoo director Heidi Rahn made the announcement live on NBC ...

Launched on Thursday to coincide with Tu Bishvat — a holiday celebrating the renewal of nature, the planting of trees and the Jewish connection to the environment — the group has announced two ...

It’s a girl! Meet Tula-Tu, the Oregon Zoo’s newborn elephant calf — weighing in at an adorable 210 pounds. Heidi Rahn, the zoo’s director, joins TODAY to share more about the zoo’s ...

Tu Bishvat is not mentioned in the Bible at all. It first appears in the Mishna (around 200 CE), not as a festival but simply as a date marking the calculation of tithes for fruit trees.

Both are distinguished by their generosity. We must continually learn from both. Closing. End. Tu Bishvat, although considered a minor holiday in the Hebrew calendar, contains great secrets that have ...

The Jewish Climate Trust represents the largest initiative of this wave so far. Launched on Thursday to coincide with Tu Bishvat — a holiday celebrating the renewal of nature, the planting of trees ...

Growing up in northern California and having a birthday that falls around Tu B’Shvat, on more than one occasion I got a very specific birthday card. The front featured a cartoon of an Israeli ...

Allow me to use the holiday of Tu B’Shvat to point out some of the differences. In my youth, before moving to Israel when I was fifteen, I had a yeshiva education in Baltimore. Every year on Tu ...