1/20/2013
photo: Tania Susskind
"Our father Abraham was the first person in the Bible to plant a tree, and he planted it right here, in Beersheba" said KKL-JNF World Chairman Efi Stenzler on Wednesday, January 16, at the official opening of KKL-JNF's Tu Bishvat events.
"Our father Abraham was the first person in the Bible to plant a tree, and he planted it right here, in Beersheba, so this site is the perfect choice for KKL-JNF's central Tu Bishvat tree planting ceremony." KKL-JNF World Chairman Efi Stenzler was speaking on Wednesday, January 16, to an audience of over 1,200 schoolchildren and another 500 adult residents from Beersheba who came to plant trees near Beersheba's Ramot neighborhood. KKL-JNF personnel in attendance included Avi Dickstein, Executive Director of the KKL-JNF Resources, Development and PR Division, Ami Uliel, Director of KKL-JNF's Southern Region and Itzik Danino, a member of the KKL-JNF Board of Directors.
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