Thursday, June 20, 2013 Tammuz 12, 5773
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Rivka Tal, JE Feature
This Shabbat, Jan. 26, is the 15 of the Hebrew month of Shevat: Tu B’Shevat, a holiday known as the New Year for Trees.
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Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook
Restaurateurs Michael Solomonov and Steve Cook discuss how to put together a different kind of seder, yet one that's very appropriate for this time of year.
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Tu ­B’Shevat — traditionally known as the new year of the trees — has become Judaism’s most environmentally focused holiday. But how much "greening" is going on?
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Ben Sales, JTA
On Jan. 18, for the first time since the massive Carmel fire, families came to plant trees in the forest in advance of Tu B’Shevat, the Jewish New Year for trees.
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Yoni Stadlin does more than just talk about honoring trees on Tu B'Shevat -- he devotes vacations to "speak" for them. A month ago, the 33-year-old Bala Cynwyd native flew to Northern California for his fifth stake-out high in the boughs of an ancient Redwood that would have been chopped down years ago if not for the continual presence of...
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