Shortly after New York Gov. Eliot Spitzer presented his new budget last week, more than 100 people – state senators, state representatives and their aides – participated in a Tu B’Shevat reception organized by Capital Chabad in the State Assembly's chambers.

Rabbi Yisroel Rubin made a blessing over wine produced in their home state and delivered an invocation expressing the Jewish people’s yearning for the final redemption.

A delegation from Albany's Maimonides Bnos Chaya Girls High School prepared a colorful display of fruits and cake for the occasion, which marked the Jewish "New Year for Trees." ...