Tu Bishvat

New archaeology exhibit marks 60 years of Knesset building with rare finds from Jerusalem, Galilee

The event hosted more than 2,000 visitors, including soldiers, police officers, Holocaust survivors, and students from schools and kindergartens across the country.

|ByMIRIAM SELA-EITAM
The new exhibition at the Knesset, February 3, 2026.
Adam VeAdama CEO Amit Meir: “Our students grow fruits and vegetables themselves and produce their own honey and olive oil.”

Tu Bishvat: ‘Adam VeAdama’ students from Hashomer Hachadash aid 400 Israeli farmers

The Adam VeAdama network operates seven agricultural boarding schools, stretching from Mitzpe Ramon in the Arava to the Golan Heights.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu speaks at a ceremonial Knesset plenum session to mark the establishment of Israel’s parliament. February 2, 2026.

Netanyahu warns Israeli democracy eroding, opposition boycotts ceremonial Knesset session

Netanyahu said Israel’s democratic balance has eroded at a Knesset ceremony marked by opposition boycotts and the absence of senior judicial figures.

|ByKESHET NEEV
Jerusalem 1951, Young Girl Planting a Sapling During Tu BiShvat.

KKL-JNF marks Tu Bishvat, highlighting tree-planting tradition with newly released archival photos

“These photographs document a tradition that continues today and connects generations and Jewish communities around the world,” Sinai said.

|ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF

Foreign dried fruit is unhealthy, eat fresh Israeli fruit - Plants Board

In preparation for Tu Bishvat, the Israel Plants Board calls on the public to prefer local fresh fruits over imported dried fruits.

JANUARY 31, 2023ByJUDY SIEGEL-ITZKOVICH
Fruit and vegetables sit on display at Brixton Market, London, September 27, 2020.

Tu Bishvat and food for free: Meet the foragers of Israel's countryside

Get introduced to all the gastronomic and curative treasures that grow freely and happily all over the place in Israel's countryside.

JANUARY 28, 2023ByBARRY DAVIS
YARON SHERMAN is an acclaimed forager and educator.

Tu Bishvat: The creation of beautiful things

In the past, trees were sacred to many people, but only Judaism has a New Year for them, which falls on the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat (Tu Bishvat).

JANUARY 28, 2023ByDVORA WAYSMAN
Border policemen plant saplings for Tu Bishvat in the Arazim Valley near Jerusalem. Tu Bishvat falls on February 6 this year.

Tu Bishvat: Happy new year – if you're a tree

Tu Bishvat reminds us of our responsibility to the environment – that we should cry out against the enormity of the destruction of rain forests and the degradation of God’s world.

JANUARY 28, 2023ByDVORA WAYSMAN
PLANTING TREES in honor of Tu Bishvat.

Tu Bishvat planting ceremonies held in UAE, Bahrain

"We must work to plant the seeds now so our future generations will enjoy the fruits of peace. That is what the holiday and the Abraham Accords are all about"

JANUARY 21, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
A Bahraini woman plants a tree in honor of Tu Bishvat on January 17, 2021.

Grapevine January 21, 2022: Herzog weighs in on Meron tragedy

Movers and shakers in Israeli society.

JANUARY 20, 2022ByGREER FAY CASHMAN
TEDDY KOLLEK in 1955.

Festive Tu Bishvat celebration in the UAE

Jewish community marks first anniversary of the Jewish Educational Campus in a festive planting event with KKL-JNF.

JANUARY 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Children celebrate Tu Bishvat in the UAE

Tu Bishvat, the New Year for trees: What is it and how is it celebrated?

Tu Bishvat, known as the New Year for the tree, will be marked this year from Sunday evening until Monday evening.

JANUARY 16, 2022ByJERUSALEM POST STAFF
Israeli kids plant trees for the Jewish holiday of Tu Bishvat in Haifa on February 9, 2017. Tu Bishvat is also called literally "New Year of the Trees." In contemporary Israel the day is celebrated as an ecological awareness day and trees are planted in celebration.

Tu Bishvat invites appreciation of trees and greenery in Israel - opinion

Jews who lived in the Old World often encountered constant gloom, never seeing green trees or even the sunlight.

JANUARY 15, 2022ByRAYMOND APPLE
A KEREN KAYEMETH LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund tree-planting takes place in the Binyamin region on Tu Bishvat.

In honor of Tu Bishvat, new tree bill submitted to Knesset

MK Alon Tal: "Time to plant a new law – the best birthday present we can give the country’s forests and those that will yet be planted."

JANUARY 14, 2022ByGIL HOFFMAN
Palm trees grow at an R&D station in Israel's Arava region