- download a Tu B'Shvat seder
- links to a wide range of
Tu B'Shvat resources
- listing of COEJL Regional Affiliate sponsored Tu
B'Shvat events around the
country - Trees, Earth and Torah: A Tu B'Shvat
Anthology edited by Ari Elon, Naomi
Hyman, and Arthur Waskow.
(Trees,
Earth and Torah will be reviewed in SocialAction.com
in our next
issue. Sign up for our e-bulletin so you know when it's
been published.) - Ecology and the Jewish Spirit: Where Nature and the Sacred
Meet edited by
Ellen Bernstein. (see pp. 95-168 on Tu B'Shvat). Take
ActionOn Tu B'Shvat, we can do more than appreciate and celebrate
the Earth's
natural cycles -- we can take action. By reducing paper use and
recycling in
our homes, synagogues, schools, and workplaces, we can limit
further
depletion of creation.COMMEMORATE MARTIN
LUTHER KING, JR. DAY
MONDAY, JANUARY 21"We are neither
entities nor islands nor human beings disconnected one from
the other. Cain
asks: "Am I my brother's keeper?" The Jewish answer that
vibrates
and resonates throughout history is a resounding YES. We are our
brothers'
keepers! We are our sisters' keepers! Whether we like it or not,
whether it
is comfortable or uncomfortable, whether it is feasible or not,
pleasurable
or not, WE ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR OUR SOCIETY!" --Rabbi
Marshall T. Meyer
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Tu B'Shvat, the New Year for Trees, falls on the 15th of the
Hebrew month
of Shvat, Monday, January 28th this year
(5762 / 2002). Jewish tradition
marks the 15th of Shvat as
the day when the sap in the trees begins to rise,
signaling
the earth's awakening from its winter slumber, and heralding
the beginning of Spring. This mini-holiday is of major
importance to our
appreciation of Nature and our relationship
to it. Below are 55
websites about Tu B'Shvat, ranging from explanations and customs to games
and recipes. For your convenience, the sites can be found here: |