Memorial Day Weekend in Gulf Hagas
In a year's time, Memorial Day will come around. New names will be on our lists that we read. The war rages on, little changes. And that's how life is between Memorial Days, even punctuated by soul inspiring dips into the raw parts of Creation. It's just like humankind's relationship to our Creator.Unresolved.
Mourning and the Wilderness
We touch on hitbotedut in our book, with the semi-famous lines of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov, and the...
Antisemitism on the Trail
WARNING: Some unsettling content ahead. Just as an FYI, there’s no context that makes what happens in this...
2019 Thru Hiker Profile: Hugs and Fecteau
The 2019 Appalachian Trail thru-hiking season has begun, and at The Kosher Backpacker, we want to profile long...
Court Denies Pipeline on AT in Virginia
(RICHMOND, Va.) — A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request to reconsider a ruling throwing out...
Conservation deal protects 10,000 acres in Western Maine
The Trust for Public Land, partnering with the Maine Appalachian Trail Land Trust and the U.S. Navy, announced...
The Kosher Backpacker, The Wandering Jew
This is a modified version of the foreword that appears in my book, The Kosher Backpacker, as an introduction to...