Community Shabbat - Tu Bishvat

Our focus this year for Tu Bishvat, the New Year of the Trees, will be on water.

Coming from a part of the world in which water was scarce, springs and brooks were much appreciated in the Bible and became symbols of life and blessing. Water conservation remains an important issue in Israel today and is the focus for the year for the Society for the Protection of Nature in Israel.

In California too, a water crisis is looming and it is important that we learn more about steps that we can take to conserve water. Our speaker, Eric Rosenblum is the Division Manager for South Bay Water Recycling, for the City of San Jose.