Lisa Strauss

Tu Bishvat History & Symbolism Evolving to the Need of the Moment

When scholar and author Dara Horn visited our community last month, she said, among many other provocative things, that Jews predate the concepts of both religion and nationality. The holiday of Tu Bishvat, the fifteenth day of the month of Shevat, serves as a great example of this phenomenon.

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