More Holidays

Would Yom haShoah be associated with other tragedies, connected to heroism--or stand on its own?

After much debate, a compromise date--satisfactory to none--is chosen.

Tradition gives a separate reason for the fall of each Temple.

The customs and rituals all relate to mourning practices.

For Jewish families, caring for the environment could be part of a wider consciousness of living in a world that is a divine gift.

In ancient times there were four new years on the Jewish calendar.

Explaining to grandchildren Jewish environmental action

Finding new meaning in tree planting

Evil in the world is symbolized by fruit at the seder.

For Jewish mystics, nature is a sacred text.

A well-known story that weaves together Tu Bishvat, tree-planting and the rebuilding of Israel

In Jewish mystical thought, the Tu Bishvat seder became a time to atone for sexual impropriety by blessing, eating and meditating on the symbolism of fruit.