Among the many gifts Jason Sherman received for his bar mitzvah, a tree was planted in Israel in his name. Now, 40 years later, Sherman begins his journey from Toronto to Tel Aviv, keen to see what has become of his tree.

Along the way he learns about the Jewish National Fund (JNF) afforestation projects (the process of foresting an area that has previously had no forest) and the role of the Canadian Jewish diaspora in developing Canada Park, a 700-hectare Israeli national park which covers the remains of Palestinian villages.

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