The largest known population of the ancient plants grows on fossilized sand ridges in the north and could prove helpful for ...

The recent fire in Israel’s Carmel Mountains has cast a spotlight on what trees are best suited for Israel’s varied regions. JTA’s Dina Kraft also reports on what’s already there ...

HULA VALLEY, Israel — The trees abutting the road leading to Biriya Forest, a nature preserve in northern Israel, at first resemble spruces turning autumnal shades of red, a sight reminiscent of ...

After hundreds of Palestinian villages and towns were either abandoned or forcibly depopulated during the 1948 war, when the state of Israel was created, JNF planted trees over the ruins of ...

JTA — The trees abutting the road leading to Biriya Forest, a nature preserve in northern Israel, at first resemble spruces turning autumnal shades of red, a sight reminiscent of landscapes in ...

After Israel and the de facto government of the Gaza Strip, Hamas, agreed to a ceasefire beginning Jan. 19, Gaza’s olive ...

These trees offered the Jews some measure of "Tanchumah ... a soul that is rooted in Israel’s sacred beginnings and pointed toward the ultimate Redemption—a soul whose two feet stand on ...

The holiday of Tu B’Shvat is mentioned in the Mishna as the New Year of Trees (Rosh HaShanah, 1:1). The date is important in regard to the tithing of fruit in the Land of Israel, whereby ...

The Uncomfortable Truth: Disconnected American Jews Are Out of Touch with Israel’s Reality.