Forest of Life Planted by IDF Orphans in Lower Galilee

1/28/2016
photo: Tania Susskind
"My husband was laid to rest in the earth, and now we are planting trees in the earth and feeling the connection to the land that he gave his life for.”
On Friday, January 22, family members who lost their soldier parents, children, and siblings in Israel's wars over the past 60 years dedicate the new Forest of Life in their memory near the Golani Junction. This ceremony took place a few days before Tu Bishvat, the New Year for trees, a time that especially honors on the cycle of life and renewal.

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