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While my neighbors were putting their Christmas trees to the curb, in what seems like a ritual of replacement, I was preparing to plant for Tu BiShvat.

Tu BiShvat is a reminder that we spend our lives planting seeds. Time and effort are needed for our efforts to bear fruit. Wait patiently. One day, like the seed, we will be blessed.

Congregation Kol Ami in West Hollywood, CA, is dedicated to raising the voices of queer folks so the rest of the Jewish community cannot help but hear our cry.

It's a conversation I had had hundreds of times in my 44 years as a Jewish educator. However, this time was different: It was with my son.

Sustaining a minority culture in the face of Christmas’s incessant commercial drumbeat can be exhausting.