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"With the arrival of Earth Day as an environmentalist celebration, Tu Bi-Shevat developed real possibilities for the Diaspora. A Jewish holiday attached to trees seemed a perfect connection between Judaism and youthful idealism."![]()
Today is Tu B'Shevat, often referred to as a Jewish "new year for trees." In this 1993 reflection, Rabbi Sherwin Wine describes the evolution of this day from its beginnings as the Festival of Asherah to its modern incarnation as an opportunity to celebrate and appreciate the environment.![]()
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Tu Bi-Shevat, Earth Day, and Environmentalism - Sherwin Wine
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Humanistic Judaism journal, “Tu bi-Shevat” Winter 1993 Jews and Canaanites were at one time the same people. They lived in the same land. They spoke the same language. They worshiped the same gods...