What is Tu Bishvat? A guide to the Jewish New Year of the Trees Tu Bishvat started as a practical date in Jewish law for tracking fruit trees. Today it’s also a moment to reflect on caring for the earth.
Tu Bishvat guide 2026: How to celebrate the Jewish New Year for the Trees If you’ve heard Tu Bishvat called “Jewish Earth Day,” you’re not totally wrong. This guide explains the holiday’s origins, how it changed over time, and what it means today.
Tu Bishvat 2026: Jewish Earth Day guide to conservation To understand why Tu Bishvat matters, let’s start with what the New Year of the Trees is — and how it’s become the Jewish Earth Day.
7 ways Judaism embraces environmentalism The roots of Jews and the environment go a lot deeper than the one day every year to think about trees.
The top 10 most amazing trees in Israel Only 2% of the trees that once blanketed the land survived centuries of deforestation. Here we get to know 10 of the most remarkable ones.
