JENNIFER FINER STAFF WRITER

ndous!

Beth Shalom
students discover
many fun aspects
of the Jewish New
Year of the Trees.

ALAN HITSKY ASSOCIATE EDITOR

BILL HANSEN PHOTOGRAPHER

Above:
Cindy and Jason Turkish test the grape
juice.

Left:
Sari Abromovich helps daughter Anna
paint her planter.

ason Turkish likes his grape juice.
And he got to sample three differ-
ent kinds on Sunday, and even mix
them to go from white to pink to
dark red.
Of course, he had to say the ap-
propriate blessing before he was able
to sample, but that wasn't a prob-
lem at Congregation Beth Shalom's
Tu B'Shevat Extravaganza.
Jason was one of 100 children —
kindergartners, first-, second- and
third-graders — who participated
in the extravaganza along with their
parents.
The youngsters celebrated Tu
B'Shevat, the Jewish New Year of
the Trees, by learning about wine
(the grape juice), the different cate-