The date palm is tall and majestic. The olive tree locks oil in its plentiful fruit that anoints kings. The bountiful orange trees were the crown jewels of early Zionism. Yet it is the humble almond ...

Tu Bishvat, the Jewish Holiday of Trees, begins on Sunday evening, Feb. 5. Also known as the New Year of Trees, Tu Bishvat is a time for tree planting and admiring nature, especially the beauty of ...

Israeli families almond tree blossoms near the Latrun monastery in Ayalon Valley, on the road to Jerusalem, Feb 28, 2020. The almond is mentioned our grandfather Jacob as one of the “choice products ...

Israeli settlers carried out an arson attack on farmland in the town of Sa’ir, northeast of Hebron in the occupied West Bank, burning acres of grapevines, almond trees and olive trees on Monday.

Tomorrow on the Jewish calendar is a minor holiday, but one that, in our current circumstances, has great relevance for us. Tu b’Shevat, the fifteenth of the Hebrew month of Shevat, is known as the ...