By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org
Volunteers with the Plant-a-Tree organization introduce saplings in a fire-damaged forest outside of Athens, Greece. (Photo: Panos Valampous-Kountouras)
GREECE — Grecian Jews marked the holiday of Tu B’Shevat by bringing life back to a forest southeast of Athens that was claimed by fire more than two years ago. All told, 80 members of the Greek capital’s Jewish community planted some 200 trees in Kalyvia Thorikou, a suburban area near the city’s international airport. Chabad-Lubavitch of Greece, in cooperation with the Plant-a-Tree organization, sponsored the Sunday arboreal event.
Grecian Jews Reforest Athens Area Claimed by Fire
By Tamar Runyan for Chabad.org
Volunteers with the Plant-a-Tree organization introduce saplings in a fire-damaged forest outside of Athens, Greece. (Photo: Panos Valampous-Kountouras)
GREECE — Grecian Jews marked the holiday of Tu B’Shevat by bringing life back to a forest southeast of Athens that was claimed by fire more than two years ago. All told, 80 members of the Greek capital’s Jewish community planted some 200 trees in Kalyvia Thorikou, a suburban area near the city’s international airport. Chabad-Lubavitch of Greece, in cooperation with the Plant-a-Tree organization, sponsored the Sunday arboreal event.
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