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    Uprooting the Wandering Jew

    The grassroots movement to rename a plant

    byRachel Román
  • A tree at the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi, Israel, February 8, 2014.
    A tree at the Dead Sea near Ein Gedi, Israel, February 8, 2014.
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    Jewish Trees, Ranked

    For Tu B’Shevat, the 13 greatest trees in Jewish history, from the palm groves of Ein Gedi to a humongous, ancient sycamore in Netanya—and the burning bush

    byArmin Rosen
  • Superintendent Frank S. Robinson explaining to Civilian Conservation Corps boys the new Forest Service diagram of how a tree grows. Lassen National Forest, Calif.
    Superintendent Frank S. Robinson explaining to Civilian Conservation Corps boys the new Forest Service diagram of how a tree grows. Lassen National Forest, Calif.
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    Before WWII Began, a Generation of Jewish Men Joined FDR’s ‘Tree Army’

    On Tu B’Shevat, recalling how planting trees in the Civilian Conservation Corps helped immigrants’ children become Americans

    byNaomi Sandweiss
  • (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Scott Ableman/Flickr and Shutterstock)
    (Photoillustration Tablet Magazine; original photo Scott Ableman/Flickr and Shutterstock)
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    Is That My Christmas Tree?

    The Jewish National Fund is giving away pines for Christmas—and irony isn’t one of the reasons they’re doing it

    byAlexander Aciman
  • An image from 'Growth.'
    An image from 'Growth.'
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    Survival Elements

    Lauren Henkin’s photographs feature trees growing in unlikely places

    byStephanie Butnick
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    Tu B’Shevat FAQ

    Everything you ever wanted to know about the arboreal holiday

    byUnknown Author
  • Detail of Plants of Bogs and Swamps. by Alan Singer.(©1989 Alan Singer)
    Detail of Plants of Bogs and Swamps. by Alan Singer.(©1989 Alan Singer)
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    Branching Out

    Touring a Brooklyn collector’s cache of botanical art, now on display in a Pittsburgh museum

    byHadara Graubart
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    Stumped

    From the archives: A new father finds that the bris ends but the foreskin lingers

    byUnknown Author
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