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Tu Bishvat

IDF soldiers read out a closed military zone order to coexistence activists who had come to plant trees in the Palestinian West Bank hamlet of Umm al-Khair, February 2, 2026. (Jeremy Sharon / The Times of Israel)
February 3, 2026, 4:45 pm
Thwarted tree-planting underscores daily torments for embattled Palestinian hamlet
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
By Jeremy Sharon
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Illustrative: American students plant trees in Israel with JNF-USA. (Mruwka Photography)
January 21, 2026, 11:24 am
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By Stefan Oberman
Rachel Goldberg on day 98 since her son, Hersh Goldberg-Polin, was abducted by Hamas, in Jerusalem, January 12, 2024. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)
February 2, 2024, 11:19 am
Parents of hostage Hersh Goldberg-Polin launch online educational toolkit
‘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
By Maya Zanger-Nadis
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, in black, plants a tree at a military base near Gaza on January 25, 2024. (Amos Ben Gershom / GPO)
January 25, 2024, 6:19 pm
Netanyahu tells troops there’s ‘no substitute for complete victory over our enemies’
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’
By Michael Horovitz
KKL-JNF chair Ifat Ovadia-Luski with Doron and Meirav Madar, the parents of Shahak Yosef Madar, who was killed on October 7, plant eucalyptus trees in honor of the victims of the Re'im massacre, January 21, 2024. (Yossi Ifergan/KKL-JNF Archive via JTA)
January 24, 2024, 6:35 am
Ahead of Tu Bishvat, Israelis and Jews worldwide plant trees to honor Oct. 7 victims
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’
By Jackie Hajdenberg
Soldiers drive by anemones at a forest near the Israeli border with the Gaza Strip, on January 21, 2024 (Liron Moldovan/Flash90)
January 23, 2024, 3:38 pm
Oblivious to war, Israel’s iconic red anemone blooms again along the Gaza border
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
By Sue Surkes
Ela Bahat pours water over the place she and her husband planted a tree and tulips in memory of their 30-year-old son Dror, who was murdered on Oct. 7 in a cross-border attack by Hamas terrorists at the Nova music festival in Re'im, southern Israel, Sunday, Jan. 21, 2024, during an event where friends and relatives planted trees in memory of their loved ones. (AP Photo/Leo Correa)
January 21, 2024, 11:21 pm
Grieving family members plant seedlings at site of Hamas’s Supernova massacre
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
By Reuters and ToI Staff
Over 1,500 people participate in a Tu Bishvat seder at Homesh, an illegal outpost in the northern West Bank, February 5, 2023. (Twitter video screenshot: Used in accordance with Clause 27a of the Copyright Law)
February 6, 2023, 12:29 pm
Over 1,500 gather at illegal Homesh West Bank outpost for Tu Bishvat seder
Rabbis, yeshiva students join ceremony; IDF says it cleared out the participants after a number of hours; government has vowed to legalize wildcat settlement
By ToI Staff
LyOr Rabinowiz clears weeds before planting new saplings at the Miyawaki forest in Shdemama, south-central Israel, January 30, 2023. (Sue Surkes/Times of Israel)
February 6, 2023, 12:18 pm
In crowded Japanese-style forest, Israeli trees find space to grow
Miyawaki method mimics nature to reforest degraded land, in what proponents claim speeds process up tenfold
By Sue Surkes
Planting trees is one way to offset carbon emisssions. Pictured is part of the Menachem Begin Park, Tel Aviv, named after former Israeli PM Menahem Begin, May 1 2021. (Nati Shohat/Flash90)
February 4, 2023, 5:46 am
How the ancient Jewish ‘new year for trees’ became an Israeli celebration of nature
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
By Shay Rabineau
Planting tree saplings at Aman, a rehabilitation center for women experiencing mental crises following sexual violenceת December 2020. (Courtesy, Venatata)
December 22, 2022, 1:54 am
Non-profit aims to bind society to natural world by planting 100,000 city trees
‘Venatata,’ currently running Tu B’Shvat campaign, has marshaled 15,000 volunteers, created gardens in 70 institutions for people with special needs
By Sue Surkes
(L-R) Pine trees in a forest near Jerusalem; Bedouins protest against tree planting by the Jewish National Fund, outside the village of al-Atrash in the Negev desert, on January 13, 2022; Firefighting planes extinguish a forest fire near Jerusalem, on June 9, 2021. (Nati Shohat; Jamal Awad; Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 6:49 am
Invasive species, protests, fires: How Negev tree planting became so controversial
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
By Cnaan Liphshiz
Jewish youngsters plant trees during a Tu Bishvat event organized by the Keren Kayemet LeIsrael in the Ben Shemen forest, February 6, 2012. (Omer Miron/Flash90)
January 17, 2022, 6:23 am
New bill seeks to replace British mandate law on protection, planting of trees
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
By Sue Surkes
A view of the Jewish cemetery in Manama, Bahrain. (Courtesy of Association of Gulf Jewish Communities via JTA)
January 11, 2022, 5:11 pm
Jewish communities in Gulf states to launch campaign to restore Bahrain cemetery
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
By Shira Hanau
Students from Battery Park City School watch as a silver maple is planted in Battery Park outside the Museum of Jewish Heritage. The dedication ceremony will be held on Dec. 2. (Museum of Jewish Heritage – A Living Memorial to the Holocaust via JTA)
December 4, 2021, 4:57 am
Tree that survived the Holocaust gains new life in New York City
City will nurture descendant of plant smuggled into Theresienstadt concentration camp to celebrate Tu Bishvat in 1943
By julia GERGELY
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