The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/tu-bishvat/ News from Israel, the Middle East and the Jewish World Tue, 09 Jun 2026 12:05:39 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://static-cdn.toi-media.com/www/uploads/2018/11/toi_icon_512-200x200.png Tu Bishvat | The Times of Israel https://www.timesofisrael.com/topic/tu-bishvat/ 32 32 Thwarted tree-planting underscores daily torments for embattled Palestinian hamlet https://www.timesofisrael.com/thwarted-tree-planting-underscores-daily-torments-for-embattled-palestinian-hamlet/ Tue, 03 Feb 2026 14:45:47 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3746890 Villagers in West Bank's Umm al-Khair say security forces quick to stymie Tu Bishvat coexistence event or new soccer pitch, but take their time when it comes to stopping settler harassment

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]]> The minor Jewish holiday that planted a nation - Sponsored Content https://www.timesofisrael.com/spotlight/the-minor-jewish-holiday-that-planted-a-nation/ Wed, 21 Jan 2026 09:24:28 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?post_type=spotlight&p=3738396 Did you know that the Jewish people established the original “Earth Day”?

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]]> Parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin launch online educational toolkit https://www.timesofisrael.com/parents-of-hostage-hersh-goldberg-polin-launch-online-educational-toolkit/ Fri, 02 Feb 2024 09:19:49 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3210961 'Everyone Counts' initiative designed to give people worldwide a pathway to effective, values-based activism on the plight of the hostages in captivity since the October 7 massacre

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]]> Netanyahu tells troops there’s ‘no substitute for complete victory over our enemies’ https://www.timesofisrael.com/netanyahu-tells-troops-theres-no-substitute-for-complete-victory-over-our-enemies/ Thu, 25 Jan 2024 16:19:05 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3209345 Prime minister marks Tu Bishvat with visit to Gaza Division base, plants tree to honor fallen soldiers and vows to eliminate Hamas: 'We will be here, and they will not'

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]]> Ahead of Tu Bishvat, Israelis and Jews worldwide plant trees to honor Oct. 7 victims https://www.timesofisrael.com/ahead-of-tu-bishvat-israelis-and-jews-worldwide-plant-trees-to-honor-oct-7-victims/ Wed, 24 Jan 2024 04:35:13 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3208142 Relatives of those murdered by Hamas-led terrorists at Supernova music festival hold tree-planing ceremony at site of rave: 'We will rise from the dust and grow new lives'

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]]> Oblivious to war, Israel’s iconic red anemone blooms again along the Gaza border https://www.timesofisrael.com/oblivious-to-war-israels-iconic-red-anemone-blooms-again-along-the-gaza-border/ Tue, 23 Jan 2024 13:38:41 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3207247 The flower is the first of five species of bowl-shaped red blossoms with black centers that bloom one after the other, so as not to compete for pollinating beetles

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]]> Grieving family members plant seedlings at site of Hamas’s Supernova massacre https://www.timesofisrael.com/grieving-family-members-plant-seedlings-at-site-of-hamass-supernova-massacre/ Sun, 21 Jan 2024 21:21:40 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=3206191 Some 1,000 in total join JNF project, planting 200 seedlings at site of Oct. 7 rampage in Re'im; relatives hope to bring new life to scene of onslaught

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]]> Over 1,500 gather at illegal Homesh West Bank outpost for Tu Bishvat seder https://www.timesofisrael.com/over-1500-gather-at-illegal-homesh-west-bank-outpost-for-tu-bishvat-seder/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:29:04 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2943989 Rabbis, yeshiva students join ceremony; IDF says it cleared out the participants after a number of hours; government has vowed to legalize wildcat settlement

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]]> In crowded Japanese-style forest, Israeli trees find space to grow https://www.timesofisrael.com/in-crowded-japanese-style-forest-israeli-trees-find-space-to-grow/ Mon, 06 Feb 2023 10:18:03 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2938337 Miyawaki method mimics nature to reforest degraded land, in what proponents claim speeds process up tenfold

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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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]]> Invasive species, protests, fires: How Negev tree planting became so controversial https://www.timesofisrael.com/invasive-species-protests-fires-how-negev-tree-planting-became-so-controversial/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:49:56 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2683723 Aleppo pine widely used in JNF's forestation project is described by some as being 'like a gallon of petrol'; Bedouins see tree plantings as disrupting their farming livelihoods

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]]> New bill seeks to replace British mandate law on protection, planting of trees https://www.timesofisrael.com/new-bill-seeks-to-replace-british-mandate-law-on-protection-planting-of-trees/ Mon, 17 Jan 2022 04:23:14 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2684389 Timed to coincide with the annual tree-planting festival of Tu Bishvat, MK Alon Tal will submit proposal to strengthen trees in the face of 21st-century challenges

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]]> Jewish communities in Gulf states to launch campaign to restore Bahrain cemetery https://www.timesofisrael.com/jewish-communities-in-gulf-states-to-launch-campaign-to-restore-bahrain-cemetery/ Tue, 11 Jan 2022 15:11:38 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2681357 Association of Gulf Jewish Communities plans to plant trees, starting on Tu Bishvat holiday, as part of initiative to renovate the only functioning Jewish graveyard in the Gulf

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]]> Tree that survived the Holocaust gains new life in New York City https://www.timesofisrael.com/tree-that-survived-the-holocaust-gains-new-life-in-new-york-city/ Sat, 04 Dec 2021 02:57:15 +0000 https://www.timesofisrael.com/?p=2660543 City will nurture descendant of plant smuggled into Theresienstadt concentration camp to celebrate Tu Bishvat in 1943

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