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Zionist Groups Fund Israel Tree Plantings Through Kids’ Donations

8/16/2026

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The Zionist movement and Jewish National Fund repeatedly plant trees in Israel as a resilience symbol.
Children gather money in blue KKL-JNF boxes to fund plantings.
Biblical accounts of Abraham and Jonah’s kikayon tree, a rabbinic analogy of a person with deeds but few roots, and the Torah’s bal-tash’hit law that forbids waste while urging planting—illustrated by a man who plants a carob tree he will never see—highlight trees’ role.

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Story summary

The Zionist movement and Jewish National Fund repeatedly plant trees in Israel as a resilience symbol.
Children gather money in blue KKL-JNF boxes to fund plantings.
Biblical accounts of Abraham and Jonah’s kikayon tree, a rabbinic analogy of a person with deeds but few roots, and the Torah’s bal-tash’hit law that forbids waste while urging planting—illustrated by a man who plants a carob tree he will never see—highlight trees’ role.