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Silas Anastacio

Feb 25, 2026, 5:56 AM

Event Celebrates Tu Bishvat with Tree Planting in São Paulo

Images: Used with permission from Rafael Camargo

In partnership with the São Paulo City Hall and with the support of CONIB, Wizo, Beth-El, and KKL Brazil, a special event celebrating life — Tu Bishvat — was held on Sunday morning, February 22, with the planting of...

Marzia Hashmi Momo

Feb 14, 2026, 8:19 PM

The Hearth of the Soul: Inside Chabad Foshan

The staircase acts as a funnel for the sound—a bright, bubbling mixture of children’s laughter and rhythmic chanting that grows louder with every step. It is the eve of Tu Bishvat, and the moment you cross the threshold, the...

Allen S. Maller

Feb 13, 2026, 11:03 PM

99 Names and the Beauty of Dead Trees

I have always been a lover of trees. I love their varied shapes and colors, their branches and foliage. Since the Torah is called a Tree of Life I have also seen trees as a bridge connecting earth and...

Feb 13, 2026, 12:05 AM

Underwrite Earth for a Better Future

“Wake up, the house is flooding,” my mother said as she burst into my room one night in May 2015. I quickly packed a bag and held my older brother's hand as we waded through waist-deep water to reach...

Feb 4, 2026, 3:38 PM

Planting Deep Roots: A Tu’Bishvat Reflection

I recently took some of our Israel Friends co-founders back to Matanya Farm for the first time since we planted our first tree there, last summer. Then, it was the middle of July, the air was thick with heat...

Feb 3, 2026, 11:10 AM

A Tu Bishvat Magic Flute In Ofakim

The little dancing birds, my photo

As part of the service year in the south, we, the volunteers, receive many announcements about cultural activities in the area. One of them was about Mozart’s opera The Magic Flute in the main auditorium of Ofakim, a town...

Feb 2, 2026, 10:37 AM

The Knesset on its Birthday: From Shared Norms to Broken Democracy

As Israel's parliament marks its birthday today, Tu BiShvat, the New Year of the Trees, allow me to recommend a visit to the Knesset Museum in Jerusalem. It offers a space to remember what once was, and to imagine...

Debby Titlebaum Neuman

Feb 2, 2026, 9:14 AM

Called to reconnect to my native soil

Blooming almond trees. (iStock)

Date trees drip honey, almond blossoms arrive just in time, and olive trees hint to Noah's ark, reawakening the child in me who wants so deeply to still believe in peace

Feb 2, 2026, 8:22 AM

Beyond the Trees: A Meteorologist’s Case for Faith-Based Climate Action

I am a meteorologist and climate communicator. For me, talking about the weather and climate, whether on television, cellphones, or inside an emergency operations center, never gets old. I know that the better I communicate a weather risk, the...

Richard H. Schwartz

Feb 2, 2026, 8:19 AM

Lessons from Jewish teachings about trees that changed my life

Some of my most important lessons in life I learned from Jewish verses about trees. From the following, I learned that I should be an environmental activist, working to help preserve the world: In the hour when the Holy one,...

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