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Trees and Life for Vietnam brochure detail. Capital Jewish Museum, Mike Tabor Collection

Collection Highlight: Trees and Life for Vietnam

Collection, Holidays, The Whole Spiel, Tu B'shvatBy Maura ScanlonJanuary 20, 2022

Every year on the Jewish holiday of Tu B’shvat (the 15th day of the Hebrew month of Shevat, which fell this year on January 17), observers celebrate what is affectionately known as the new year of the trees, or “Jewish Earth Day.” In the 1950s and 1960s and beyond, many American synagogues and organizations also Read More

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