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.

Tu Bishvat is a wonderful opportunity to bring nature into the home. The trend of "bringing nature indoors" is one of the leading design trends for 2025. In the natural design style, we find ...

Israel has a festival for planting trees, which is called Tu Bishvat, which is also known as the New Year for trees. The term “Tu Bishvat: comes from the Jewish date, meaning the 15th of Shvat ...

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 ...

As Tu Bishvat draws to a close, Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael - Jewish National Fund (KKL-JNF) invites you to embark on a journey through time with a unique collection of historic posters celebrating ...

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 ...

In honor of Tu Bishvat, the Jewish holiday of the trees, Surkes reports on the new Jewish Climate Trust, with heavy involvement from philanthropist Steven Bronfman of the Canadian Bronfman family.