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    Tu B'Shevat

    Excerpt

    Tu B’She­vat with Beni and His Family

    Jane Bre­skin Zalben
    January 22, 2024
    Essay

    What Is Our Duty to the Envi­ron­ment? Ques­tions to Con­sid­er on Tu B’Shevat

    Joel Bur­cat
    January 22, 2024
    Cover of The Abba Tree
    Chil­dren’s
    The Abba Tree
    Devora Busheri, Gal Shkedi (illus.)
    Cover of Tu B'Shevat Is Coming!
    Chil­dren’s
    Tu B’She­vat Is Coming!
    Tracy Newman; Viviana Garofoli, illus.
    Cover of Sadie's Snowy Tu B'Shevat
    Chil­dren’s
    Sadie’s Snowy Tu B’Shevat
    Jamie Korngold; Julie Fortenberry, illus.
    Essay

    A Tu B’Sh­vat Post in the Dead of Winter

    If ever there was a harsh reminder that Tu B’shvat is not a cel­e­bra­tion of the spring, this year would be it. Just a few short weeks since Jerusalem was…
    Nat Bern­stein
    January 16, 2014
    Cover of Happy Birthday, Tree!: A Tu B’Shevat Story
    Chil­dren’s
    Hap­py Birth­day, Tree!: A Tu B’Shevat Story
    Madelyn Rosenberg; Jana Christy, illus.
    Recommended Reading

    Tu Bish­vat Reading

    Find the full list of JBC’s Tu Bish­vat reads here.Dear TreeThe Kids’ Cat­a­log of Ani­mals and the EarthCel­e­brat­ing the Jew­ish Year: Win­ter Hol­i­days — Hanukkah, Tu…
    JBC Staff
    January 18, 2013
    Cover of Rabbi Rocketpower in a Tooty-Fruity Tale for Tu Bishvat: A Juicy Mystery
    Chil­dren’s
    Rab­bi Rock­et­pow­er in a Tooty-Fruity Tale for Tu Bish­vat: A Juicy Mystery
    Rabbi Susan Abramson; Laura Standley, illus.
    Cover of It's Tu B'Shevat
    Chil­dren’s
    It’s Tu B’Shevat
    Edie Stoltz Zolkower; Richard Johnson, illus.
    Cover of Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat Anthology
    Non­fic­tion
    Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B’Sh­vat Anthology
    Ari Elon, Naomi Mara Hyman, Arthur Waskow, eds.

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