U.S. Jews Will Plant 100,000 Trees in Israel
Associated Press
NEW YORK —
Reform Jews in America have raised more than $500,000 to plant 100,000 trees in a new forest in Israel named for Rabbi Alexander M. Schindler, president of the Union of American Congregations.
The “Schindler Forest” is being established on 80 acres near Safed in Galilee as an expression of the Reform movement’s commitment to Israel, says Samuel I. Cohen, executive vice-president of the Jewish National Forest Fund.
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