The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/trees/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 16:34:43 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png trees | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/trees/ 32 32 Study of prehistoric botanical art in the Levant suggests ancient man could do math https://www.timesofisrael.com/study-of-prehistoric-botanical-art-in-the-levant-suggests-ancient-man-could-do-math/ Sat, 20 Dec 2025 09:30:10 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3708807 Analysis by Hebrew University researchers shows 8,000-year-old Halafian pottery sherds bearing symmetry and numerical patterning in images of trees, flowers and shrubs

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]]> Israel’s July temperatures over past eight years were 2.8°C higher than 1950-1979 https://www.timesofisrael.com/july-temperatures-over-past-eight-years-up-to-2-8c-higher-than-1950-1979/ Mon, 21 Apr 2025 18:53:23 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3531471 In run-up to Earth Day, Taub Center also reports 1.8 degree jump in year-round average Israeli temperatures for period of 2014 to 2024, compared to 1950 to 1979

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]]> Brother, sister killed, woman rescued after flash flood carries them away https://www.timesofisrael.com/woman-rescued-after-flash-flood-carries-her-away-2-still-missing/ Tue, 11 Apr 2023 08:18:20 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2993859&preview=true&preview_id=2993859 21-year-old survivor, spotted by IAF helicopter, in good condition despite mild hypothermia; authorities find bodies of siblings in swollen waters after day-long search

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]]> Rescue services search for 3 missing in suspected flash flood north of Eilat https://www.timesofisrael.com/rescue-services-search-for-3-missing-in-suspected-flash-flood-north-of-eilat/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 22:55:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2993730&preview=true&preview_id=2993730 Trio loses contact with authorities while traveling in vehicle near Nahal Tzihor in Negev; 60 people rescued from flooding in southern Israel

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]]> Teenage girl injured by toppling tree at Sea of Galilee https://www.timesofisrael.com/teenage-girl-injured-by-toppling-tree-at-sea-of-galilee/ Mon, 10 Apr 2023 15:31:30 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2993497 18-year-old suffers moderate head injury, is taken to hospital by helicopter; none hurt as large tree falls at preschool due to heavy winds

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]]> How the ancient Jewish ‘new year for trees’ became an Israeli celebration of nature https://www.timesofisrael.com/how-the-ancient-jewish-new-year-for-trees-became-an-israeli-celebration-of-nature/ Sat, 04 Feb 2023 03:46:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2942855 Jews around the world will this week celebrate Tu Bishvat, a holiday that has gained particular significance in the Jewish state in marking the people's bond to the land

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]]> Non-profit aims to bind society to natural world by planting 100,000 city trees https://www.timesofisrael.com/non-profit-aims-to-bind-society-to-natural-world-by-planting-100000-city-trees/ Wed, 21 Dec 2022 23:54:11 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2903386 'Venatata,' currently running Tu B'Shvat campaign, has marshaled 15,000 volunteers, created gardens in 70 institutions for people with special needs

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]]> In search of ‘his’ tree in Israel, a Canadian filmmaker unearths unsettling issues https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-search-of-his-tree-in-israel-a-canadian-filmmaker-unearths-unsettling-issues/ Sat, 01 Oct 2022 22:44:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2831364 After learning a sapling planted through JNF for his bar mitzvah is in a forest where once stood a Palestinian village, Jason Sherman asks himself if he is complicit in a cover-up

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]]> Trees dedicated to Holocaust victims chopped down at Buchenwald camp https://www.timesofisrael.com/trees-dedicated-to-holocaust-victims-chopped-down-at-buchenwald-camp/ Thu, 21 Jul 2022 08:43:33 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2803446 'Appalled at the deliberate attack on remembrance,' memorial foundation says seven beeches were severed, one of which commemorated children killed at the Nazi camp

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]]> Government agrees to plant 450,000 urban trees to help counter rising heat https://www.timesofisrael.com/government-agrees-to-plant-450000-urban-trees-to-help-counter-rising-heat/ Sun, 23 Jan 2022 18:34:37 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2688418 PM, ministers present plan to cabinet after year's work by inter-ministerial committee; trees to be planted along 30,000 km of roads

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]]> Israeli trees doing well, according to global assessment of 58,497 world species https://www.timesofisrael.com/israeli-trees-doing-well-according-to-global-assessment-of-58497-world-species/ Thu, 02 Sep 2021 09:45:17 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2610031 Globally, 30% of trees threatened with extinction. Most of Israel's 62 species classed are as being 'of least concern' with just one categorized as endangered

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]]> TikTok’s comic ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu Bishvat very seriously https://www.timesofisrael.com/tiktoks-comic-jew-who-loves-trees-wants-you-to-take-tu-bishvat-very-seriously/ Thu, 28 Jan 2021 00:30:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2477150 Tobin Mitnick entertains his 110,000 fans with interesting facts about vegetation near his LA home, but on the Jewish Arbor Day he's stressing good deeds and connection with nature

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]]> Trees in Israel poorly protected, says new report issued for Tu Bishvat https://www.timesofisrael.com/trees-in-israel-poorly-protected-says-new-report-issued-for-tu-bshvat/ Sun, 09 Feb 2020 20:42:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2237405 In run-up to Monday's national tree planting holiday, Knesset study shows 40,000 licenses granted to uproot 376,000 trees over six years -- most to make way for building

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]]> KKL-JNF launches online ‘click and plant’ project ahead of Tu B’Shvat https://www.timesofisrael.com/kkl-jnf-launches-online-click-and-plant-project-ahead-of-tu-bshvat/ Thu, 30 Jan 2020 15:01:50 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2231411 Two-week 'holiday for trees' promotion offers saplings at half price. For each tree planted, KKL will plant another on the Israeli side of the Gaza border

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]]> 2 Jordanian men crushed to death in Eilat by tree uprooted by wind https://www.timesofisrael.com/2-jordanian-men-crushed-to-death-in-eilat-by-tree-uprooted-by-wind/ Sun, 31 Mar 2019 06:30:07 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2047363 Stormy weather also opens sinkhole in central city of Givatayim; Sea of Galilee rises 4.5 centimeters

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