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Tu Bishvat

Tobin Mitnick really loves trees, and wants you to, too. (Photo/Courtesy Mitnick)
Posted inComedy, Culture, Religion, Holidays, Tu Bishvat, Jewish Life

Q&A: TikTok’s comic ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu B’Shevat very, very seriously

Philissa Cramer by Philissa Cramer and JTA January 27, 2021January 27, 2021
Redwoods and fog in Redwood National Park. (Photo/Wikimedia-Michael Schweppe CC BY SA)
Posted inLocal Voice

Tu B’Shevat is more than trees — it’s about our link in the chain

Tamar Zaken by Tamar Zaken January 26, 2021January 27, 2021
Roasted Pears with Almond Filling (Photo/Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Tu B’Shevat eats: The new year for the trees calls for roasted fruits

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer January 25, 2021
Sarah Julia Seldin, left, and Shani Mink are founders of the Jewish Farmer Network. (JTA/Ben Harris)
Posted inU.S., Holidays, Tu Bishvat, Jewish Life, News

How a new wave of Jewish farmers are growing their own community

by Ben Harris and JTA February 26, 2020February 26, 2020
Faith Kramer's Four Species Barley Pudding (Faith Kramer)
Posted inRecipe

Use biblical Seven Species to class up Tu B’Shevat

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer February 6, 2020February 7, 2020
Samantha Kanofksy does some of her best thinking — and not thinking — in nature. (Kai)
Posted inTu Bishvat

This Tu B’Shevat, cleanse the mind through ‘forest bathing’

Andrew Esensten by Andrew Esensten February 4, 2020February 4, 2020
a plate, seen from above, with mushy grains on a bed of greens with color veggies on top
Posted inTu Bishvat

For Tu B’Shevat this year, let your freekeh flag fly

Faith Kramer by Faith Kramer January 18, 2019November 18, 2019
From the cover of "Seeds of Resistance: The Fight to Save Our Food Supply" by Mark Schapiro
Posted inBooks

The seed wars are on — and may the planet Earth win

by Sue Fishkoff January 17, 2019January 31, 2019
An Olive tree in a field
Posted inTu Bishvat

Best events to celebrate Tu B’Shevat, the ‘new year of the trees’

by J. Staff January 9, 2019January 9, 2019
Homemade Fig Rum, among a number of other booze forms, flowed freely at Urban Adamah's 2018 Tu B'Shevat seder. (Photo/David A.M. Wilensky)
Posted inColumns

An adults-only Tu B’Shevat seder — sobering, but hardly sober

David A.M. Wilensky
(Photo/Aaron Levy-Wolins)
J. The Jewish News of Northern California Staff Headshots. by David A.M. Wilensky January 31, 2018February 6, 2018

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