Trees

Hiking in the Holy Land: The almond tree, Israel's ancient clock

Spring has not arrived, yet blossoming almonds in Israel signify the arrival of Tu Bishvat, the new year for trees, a time when some seasonal quality has shifted.

THE ALMOND TREE has been watching over the Land of Israel for longer than we can fathom.
Jerusalem 1951, Young Girl Planting a Sapling During Tu BiShvat.

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

Lemon Beef and stir-fry.

In the kitchen with Henny: Lemon recipes to brighten winter

View of floods in the central city of Yavne, as storm Byron hits Israel, December 11, 2025

Multiple injured as severe weather causes tree collapses in Ashkelon, Bnei Brak


Seeing the Forest Through the Trees – A Tu Bishvat Yarzheit

Planting those trees – years before the State of Israel was declared – demanded boundless belief and optimism.

1971 JNF Tu Bishvat

Israel Philharmonic releases Tu Bishvat outdoor video celebrating nature

"Here at the Israel Philharmonic, music is in our nature, and performing, especially outdoors, helps connect us to the natural world."

THE ISRAEL Philharmonic Orchestra

TikTok’s ‘Jew Who Loves Trees’ wants you to take Tu b’Shvat seriously

The goal, he told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency, is to “do really particular storytelling in order to create a connection between a person and a tree.”

ALMOND TREES blossom on the Golan Heights

Celebrating trees and gardens in honor of Tu Bishvat season

This week the Jewish calendar marks the New Year for trees, Tu Bishvat. Beginning with the Mishna in Rosh Hashanah, the occasion has been turned by many communities into a fruit festival.

A WOMAN in Jerusalem takes part in a corona-era campaign by Israel’s Nature and Parks Authority calling on people to join sightseeing tours and find comfort in tree hugging.

Just as my ancestors planted for me…Tu BiShvat 2021 with JNF-USA

Tu Bishvat became a day for planting trees, and in 1908, Jewish National Fund and the educational system officially adopted this practice.

Tree planting event in Kibbutz Nahal Oz on the Gaza Border

Tu Bishvat: For the first time ever, plant a tree via Zoom

Planting a tree in the Land of Israel has great meaning and creates a profound connection between the person planting the tree and the land.

TREE PLANTING WITH the Makuya of Japan

Tu Bishvat: Trees in Jerusalem & the Judean Hills

A census of Jerusalem trees undertaken seven years ago by the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel reported that some 4,900 trees in the city that are at least a half-century old.

THE ANCIENT olive tree in Jerusalem’s Garden of Gethsemane.

Because of the trees - opinion

It is believed that sooner or later the number of MKs will grow from 120 to at least 140.

THE KNESSET – is bigger better?

Trees and life

Trees play an important role throughout the Bible, beginning with the Garden of Eden and its tree of life and tree of knowledge of good and bad (Genesis 2:9).

‘And Jacob sent messengers before him to Esau his brother unto the land of Seir, the field of Edom’ (Genesis 32:4) Vayishlah, Genesis 32:4-36:43, is read on December 5.

Drones plant trees from the sky after US wildfires

Heatwaves and dry-lightning coincided with drier conditions that climate scientists blame on global warming.

A wind driven wildfire in the hills of Canyon Country north of Los Angeles, California