Christmas trees also are being distributed by Keren Kayemeth LeIsrael-Jewish National Fund, and are available for about $20. The trees being distributed are six-foot-tall Arizona cypresses.

They grow to a height of about 6 1/2 feet in three years, when they are cut for use as Christmas trees, according to JNF. In northern Israel, KKL-JNF foresters grow plots of Arizona cedar trees in ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — The Jerusalem municipality is preparing for Christmas, including the annual Christmas tree distribution. The city will distribute 150 free Christmas trees to Jerusalem ...

Jerusalem needs to save its trees Too many questions have remained, without satisfying answers, regarding who is profiting when trees are cut down. By PEGGY CIDOR AUGUST 13, 2022 16:22 ...

US Ambassador to Israel Thomas Nides (left) speaks with Arizona Gov. Doug Ducey at the 9/11 Living Memorial in Arazim Valley, Jerusalem, May 30, 2022. (credit: MAYA MARGIT/THE MEDIA LINE) ...

– United States Forest Service Chief Dale Bosworth during his visit to Israel. (Photo: Mark Schulman)Planting trees is practically a national past time in Israel, especially during the Jewish holiday ...

Still, there are a few trees. At the New Gate to the Christian Quarter of the Old City, across from the Notre Dame of Jerusalem Center, they celebrated the lighting of a Christmas tree on Friday ...

Number of trees cut down annually in Israel, 2013-2018. (Source: Knesset Information Center Report, Commissioned by MK, Miki Haimovich, 2020) ...

JERUSALEM (JTA) — Over the past few weeks, more than 1,700 brush fires across Israel have destroyed homes, vehicles and countless irreplaceable personal possessions. As a nation, we have also ...