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Archive for 'Tu Bishvat'
Tu B’Sh’vat: A Personal Reflection
Posted by Guest Blogger.
By Barbara Kavadias While we have been having a relatively warm winter in the United States, it cannot compare to what winter is like in Israel. It is the rainy season there, the time of year that Israel greens up, with cooler temperatures and rain (which feels like a miracle every time I experience it) in between wonderfully sunny days. In Israel’s climate, it is easy to understand how Tu B’Sh’vat, this year starting on the evening of February 7th, is celebrated as the birthday of the trees. By Tu B’Sh’vat, trees throughout Israel are blooming, getting ready to set fruit and there is a festive, hopeful feeling in the air. There is a lot to feel hopeful about in Israel, a western democracy with positive values, yet it seems like every day we hear about gender issues and racist incitement there. As disheartening as it is to get this [...]
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Shiloh Settlers to Rabbi Ascherman: ‘You Destroy Jewish People’
Posted by Richard Silverstein.
Here is some eye-opening video of the protest outside Rabbi Arik Ascherman’s Jerusalem home by extremist settlers from the Shiloh settlement. They protested against Ascherman’s planned Tu B’Shvat tree planting ceremony (today) at a Palestinian village whose orchards have been destroyed by the Shiloh settlers. I blogged about the protest two days ago. It’s remarkable [...] Related posts:
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(Parte 1) Tikva en Tu Bishvat
Posted by paraisrael.
El grupo Tikva en su participacion de la ceremonia de Tu Bishbat(21-01-08) en la comunidad Emet Ve Shalom..
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