It is now Tu BiShvat - one of the four Jewish new years, commonly known as the birthday of the trees. It is a symbol of our relationship with the territory and natural resources of the Land of Israel. Jews all over the world still mark it, as a symbol of our indigeneity, Show more
The holiday of #tubishvat is in a few days… this is a holiday where #Jews around the world celebrate the “Birthday of #Trees” This year it has a whole new powerful meaning for our #Vancouver community. This year, the family of Ben Mizrachi z”l planted a tree at the site of the… Show more
Tonight is Tu Bishvat the Jewish holiday that celebrates the New Year for Trees. For 1000s of documented years Jews have been celebrating the earliest blooming trees in the land or Israel. But sure tell me about how we arent indigenous to the land of Israel & have no connection… Show more
Replying to @MaxBlumenthal What is worse, they're using GreenWashing to try to make Genocide more palletable: youtube.com KKL-JNF Plants Seeds of Renewal and Hope – Tu Bishvat 2024
Today we celebrate Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for Trees and the fruits that they bear. Nowadays it is also marked as a day to raise awareness about the environment and our responsibility to protect the ecology. Happy Show more
today is tu bishvat, the new year of the trees, and the only thing on my mind is the hundreds of olive trees destoyred as part of this ongoing genocide
Join us this Friday (1/26) for the first Shabbat of the semester hosted by @JVPumich . We will celebrate the holiday of Tu Bishvat, the Jewish new year for trees, discuss the significance of trees and fruits in Judaism, and the modern use of trees in the occupation of Palestine. Show more
Today, at sunset, we celebrate Tu Bishvat -- "The New Year of the Trees" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tu_BiShvat In Israel, planting trees on Tu Bishvat became a national project and an educational mission, as you can see from my kindergarten photo of 1941: Show more en.wikipedia.org Tu BiShvat - Wikipedia