Marking Tu b’Shvat

Rabbi Aaron Katz of Congregation B’nai Jacob in Jersey City lead a Tu b’Shvat family celebration, featuring music, wine, cheese, fruits, nuts, and other snacks, at Hamilton House in downtown Jersey City. It was supported by the Shuster family. The shul still holds many programs and services in its West Side Avenue building, including lunch and learn and classes in Jewish philosophy and Hebrew. (Courtesy B’nai Jacob)

Residents of the Jewish Association for Developmental Disabilities (J-ADD) group home visited with seventh graders in the Howard and Joshua Herman Education Center at the Fair Lawn Jewish Center/Congregation B’nai Israel. Together they created Tu b’Shvat projects. (Rabbi Ronald Roth)