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Jerusalem Post/Magazine

Israel’s extraordinary forests

An excerpt from a new book on the country’s woodlands in honor of Tu Bishvat, the Jewish New Year for the Trees.

A view of the Jerusalem Forest from Yad Vashem.
A view of the Jerusalem Forest from Yad Vashem.
(photo credit: Wikimedia Commons)
ByALON TAL
FEBRUARY 3, 2015 11:54
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