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Dried fruits are prepared for a Tu B’Shevat holiday celebration in Meron, in northern Israel, on Jan. 20, 2019. Photo by David Cohen/Flash90.

IDF distributes 10 tons of dried fruits, nuts to soldiers for holiday of Tu...

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In honor of the Tu B’Shevat holiday—the day on the Hebrew calendar marking the “New Year for Trees”—Israel’s Defense Ministry purchased 10 tons of nuts and dried fruits to distribute to Israeli soldiers across...
A mega-celebration of Tu B’Shevat, sponsored by the Israeli-American Council, will take place beginning on Friday, Jan. 18, and ending on Sunday, Jan. 20, 2019. Credit: IAC.

Israeli-American Council to celebrate Tu B’Shevat with families, students nationwide

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The Israeli-American Council (IAC) will put down new roots across America for a first-of-its-kind, national “Israeli-style” event this weekend marking Tu B’Shevat, also known as the “New Year for Trees.” This mega-celebration of the holiday...
Canadian Jewish soldiers in Palestine with workers and children from Ben Shemen on Tu B'Shvat in 1919. The sign quotes from Leviticus: "When you come to the Land, you shall plant...” Photo courtesy of Israeldailypicture.com

The Little-known Christian, Nebraskan roots of Tu B’Shvat

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It’s a little-known quirk of timing and history that the transformation of Tu B’Shvat, which in 2017 fell on Feb. 11, from an obscure Kabbalistic holiday to its current incarnation can trace its origins...
אילן שריף [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Reclaiming service: Planting the seeds of Jewish values

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In our fast-paced interconnected world, it can be so hard to do a good deed in a truly selfless way. When we run a marathon for charity and post about it on social media...
Rabbi Polichenco, with microphone, explains the significance of Chanukah as Nancy Harrison gives a hand-held light to a youngster

March of Light concludes with chanukiah lighting

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Story by Donald H. Harrison, Photos by Shor M. Masori SAN DIEGO – Undeterred by last month’s massacre at the Tree of Life Synagogue in Pittsburgh, or by more recent anti-Semitic vandalism in Poway, more...
Ron Huldai, the mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo, inaugurated the renewed Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv by lighting the fourth Hanukkah candle of the central Chabad menorah, together with Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky. Dec. 5, 2018.

Tel Aviv-Yafo mayor lights Hanukkah menorah in renewed Dizengoff Square

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Mayor of Tel Aviv-Yafo Ron Huldai inaugurated the renewed Dizengoff Square in Tel Aviv by lighting the fourth Hanukkah candle of the central Chabad menorah with Rabbi Joseph Gerlitzky, Chabad-Lubavitch emissary to the city...
U.S. President Donald Trump addresses guests at the second Hanukkah party the White House hosted on Dec. 6, 2018. Credit: Jackson Richman/JNS.

Father of daughter killed in Parkland shooting lights White House menorah

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WASHINGTON–Ten months after losing their daughter Meadow in the mass shooting at Majory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Fla., Andrew Pollack and his family stood alongside U.S. President Donald Trump as he lit...
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu lights the Hannukah menorah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Dec. 6, 2018, with U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman watching. Credit: Kobi Gideon/GPO.

Netanyahu, Friedman light Hannukah menorah at Western Wall

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Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and U.S. Ambassador to Israel David Friedman, along with Israeli soldiers, lit the menorah at the Western Wall in Jerusalem on Thursday to commemorate the fifth night of Hanukkah. “There...
A replica of the Jewish Temple's menorah, made by The Temple Institute in Israel. Credit: The Temple Institute, Jewish Quarter, Jerusalem via Wikimedia Commons.

US President Donald Trump wishes the Jewish people a ‘Happy Hanukkah’

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U.S. President Donald Trump released a statement wishing Jews a “blessed and happy Hanukkah” in honor of the first of eight lights lit on Sunday night. “Melania and I send our warmest greetings to our...
Young Israelis light candles for the Jewish holiday of Hanukkah at a bar in Tel Aviv on Dec. 8, 2015. Photo by Miriam Alster/Flash90.

Study of American, Israeli Jews shows differences in Hanukkah observance

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A new study reveals that Hanukkah holds different levels of importance to Israeli Jews than American Jews, and highlights disparities in participation between Jews in the two countries. According to the newest Jewish People Policy...