Dear Interfaith Couples and Friends,
The Holiday Ahead
Tu Bishvat (many spellings, same sounds) will begin next Monday at sundown. This holiday is much more widely embraced and celebrated by the younger generation that was done by folks over 30. Here’s a link to an interesting article on the topic.
http://www.jta.org/cgi-bin/iowa/news/article/2008011320080111tubshevatseders.html
Tu Bishvat Seder online
Many years ago I attended my first Tu Bishvat seder led by Claire Sherman, daughter of the legendary Berkeley Jewish maven, Ursula Sherman. It was a feminist, Renewal-focused seder and I was transfixed. Soon my circle of women’s friends began doing our own seder. We developed a guide to the seder that I’ve decided to post online on the blog. Take a look. You may need someone to help you get through some of the Hebrew transliterations and translations (translations are not literal all the time). But it’s a fun and mystical, feminine, multi-source based seder. Use it as a jumping off point to develop your own observance of this holiday. You and your family will enjoy eating fruit and nuts and honoring the trees that sustain our planet.
Seder: www.jewishinterfaith.blogspot.com
Learn More
Here’s a link with some information and some book suggestions.
http://www.hebcal.com/holidays/tu-bshvat.html
You can also go to www.jholidays.org and click on Tu B’shevat “more info.”
From Union for Reform Judaism
http://urj.org/holidays/tubishvat/
From MyJewishLearning
http://www.myjewishlearning.com/holidays/TuBishvat.htm
From Torah.org
www.torah.org/learning/yomtov/tubshvat/
