Author: Brian Kresge

A Jewish Case for Telemarking

This echos a post on my “being Jewish in Maine” blog, Downeast Kvetch, but I’m going to talk...

This coming Shabbos brings us the first of the arba parashot—the four Torah portions that come before Pesach—Shabbat...

The 2019 Appalachian Trail thru-hiking season has begun, and at The Kosher Backpacker, we want to profile long...

(RICHMOND, Va.) — A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request to reconsider a ruling throwing out...

For there will never cease to be hungry hikers on the trail. Every class of thru-hikers on any...

Ingredients (parve) 1 slice bread or 1 matzah 1/2 cup pretzels or Osem Gluten Free Pretzel Thins during...

This parsha contains the most voluminous treatment of vows in Torah. In common parlance, we think of a...

The Trust for Public Land, partnering with the Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust and the U.S. Navy, announced...

This week’s parsha is Pinchas, Numbers 25:10 – 30:1 There is a candidate for a state house race here...

This is a modified version of the foreword that appears in my book, The Kosher Backpacker, as an introduction to...