Tu B’Shvat Galore

10Jan2008 Filed under: Environment, Events, Food, Holidays, Israel, Palestine, Progressive Jews, Tu B'Shvat Author: Cole

Give it up for The Jew and the Carrot who are giving us some serious holiday love, including Tu B’shvat seders in…yes, I know not surprising…New York and San Francisco.

We’ve got one for you in Seattle, but definitely let us know what’s going on in your small towns, street corners, downtown bars, back roads, mountain tops, neck of the woods and more:

Tu B’Shvat Seder of Healing and Reparation

Tu B’Shvat is the “Birthday of the Trees” and has been celebrated many different ways in Jewish history, changing to meet the needs of each generation. As activists working for peace and justice in Israel and Palestine and throughout the world, we join the Jewish tradition of tasting food from trees and remaking tradition by observing Tu B’Shvat as a festival of healing and reparation.

Date: Monday, January 21, 2008
Time: 6:30pm - 9:00pm
Location: Cascade People’s Center
Street: 309 Pontius Avenue North (right near REI)
City/Town: Seattle, WA

What I LOVE even more is JCarrot’s FABULOUS resource list so you can have your own, DIY, Tu B’Shvat seders. As someone who’s less well-versed in the art of Tu B’Shvat seders, I’m always grateful for folks who put together great resources and tips on how to make the holidays meaningful for ourselves and our communities. Serious love for their fabulous work in pulling this together for folks.

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2 Responses to “Tu B’Shvat Galore”

Leah Koenig
January 10th, 2008 at 7:37 pm

Thanks for the kind words Cole I’ve asked The Jew & The Carrot readers to post information about other Tu B’shevat seders across the country in the comments section of our seder post.

http://jcarrot.org/two-tu-bishvat-seders-east-coast-west-coast/

I’d love for you to post the info about this seder, if you’d like.
Cole Krawitz
January 14th, 2008 at 5:06 am

A few more seders from Sue Fishkoff’s piece in the JTA:

* In Chicago, Avodah: The Jewish Service Corps is running its first communitywide Tu B’Shevat seder in the co-op apartment shared by this year’s seven young program participants, all in their early 20s.

* The Tu B’Shevat seder in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn, held in Dolgin’s living room the past several years, is moving into a rented space to accommodate its growing numbers.

* The Kavod Jewish Social Justice House is having a seder in Boston for young adults with students from Hebrew College, alumni of the Conservative Yeshiva in Jerusalem and the Charles River Bet Midrash.

* In the Washington area, Shomrei Adamah will be co hosting a Tu B’Shevat seder and Shabbat celebration with Am Kolel, Jews United for Justice and the Shalom Center.

* Hazon, a New York-based Jewish environmental group, is running its sixth Tu B’Shevat seder at the JCC in Manhattan, and one is being organized for Limmud NY, a Jewish learning program taking place Jan. 17-20 in the Catskill Mountains.