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“Treat the Earth well. It was not given to you by your parents, it was loaned to you by your children”

Shayna Han

The upcoming holiday of Tu BiShvat -- the birthday of the trees - brings back a memory of the American Museum of Natural History in New York. In the museum is an enormous cross-section of a giant sequoia tree. Standing before it is a sublime experience. The cross-section overwhelms you with its sheer size, inspiring questions about the size of the tree it was cut from.

Tu BiSh'vat: A Time to Celebrate Environmental Justice

Rachel Landman

There are many reasons to celebrate Tu BiSh’vat this year, as this has been an exciting year for environmental justice.

Nipping it in the Bud

Barbara Lerman-Golomb

This blog post originally appeared on the Huffington Post.

New Beginnings: Tu BiSh’vat and Environmental Action

Lizzie Stein

In this moment of transition, we will celebrate a different kind of new beginning: Tu BiSh’vat, the new year for trees. Tu BiSh’vat is an opportunity to celebrate the earth and to recommit ourselves, for another year, to environmental action.

Tu BiShvat: Judaism and the Environment

During Tu BiShvat, we focus our attention towards the environment and environmental issues.

Jewish Values: Protecting Natural Resources

Natural resources are defined as: “naturally occurring substances that are considered valuable in their relatively unmodified ( natural) form” (Wikipedia). Natural resources are all the natural commodities and features of the earth’s physical environment that are exploited by human population.

Jewish Values: Public Health & the Environment

The relationship between the environment and the health of living organisms is inseparable. Water, air, land, and soil are critical to the survival of all living creatures.

Tu BiShvat

Hebrew Spelling

ט"וּ בִּשְׁבָט

Alternate Spelling

Tu BiSh'vat

Tu Besh'vat

"15th of Shevat;" New Year of the Trees; Jewish Arbor Day, which is a minor festival.

Tu BiShvat: Customs and Rituals

Arbaah minim

Hebrew Spelling

אַרְבַּעַת הַמִּינִים

Literally, “four species.” The Torah specifies four species to bring together on Sukkot. The four species are: lulav (branches of palm trees), etrog (citron), hadasim (myrtle branches), and aravot (willows) (Leviticus 23:40).

Sukkot, Diversity, and Unity: How Each of Us Is Like the Four Species

On this Tu Bishvat and MLK Day, Address Environmental Injustice

Aaron Torop

This year, Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day and Tu Bishvat (the Jewish "New Year of the Trees") both occur on January 21, 2019, and the 15^th of Shvat 5779.