Brian Kresge, Author at The Kosher Backpacker

Family Purity and the Outdoors

This week’s parsha, Tazria (Leviticus 12:1–13:59) continues the exposition of our purity laws. In this portion, there’s purity after pregnancy, and tzaarat, which is often...

Hiking, Wilderness Parsha

Burnt Offerings

The LORD spoke to Moses, saying: Command Aaron and his sons thus: This is the ritual of the burnt offering: The burnt offering itself shall remain where it is burned …...

Camping, Hiking

Our (Basic) Guide to Hammock Backpacking

After my go-to camping mattress deflated on a cold, winter night in a shelter in the Adirondacks, I was ready for a change. It was a long circuit around and …...

Gear Reviews

Inexpensive Gear Review: Hawke & Co Down Puffer Jacket

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Hiking, News

Katahdin’s Dudley Trail Will Not Reopen for 2019

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Hiking, Travel

Destination: Siem Reap

Under 4 miles from the town of Siem Reap in Cambodia is one of the coolest UNESCO World Heritage sites in the world, Angkor Wat. Originally constructed as a temple …...

Winter Activities

A Jewish Case for Telemarking

This echos a post on my “being Jewish in Maine” blog, Downeast Kvetch, but I’m going to talk less about Judaism and more specifically about telemark skiing. A year or...

Wilderness Parsha

A Half-Shekel For the Environment

This coming Shabbos brings us the first of the arba parashot—the four Torah portions that come before Pesach—Shabbat Shekalim. Shekalim is the plural form of shekel. This all starts...

Appalachian Trail, Hiking, News

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 distance hikers of interest. There’s nothing more near and dear to my...

Appalachian Trail, Hiking, News

Court Denies Pipeline on AT in Virginia

(RICHMOND, Va.) — A federal appeals court on Monday denied a request to reconsider a ruling throwing out a permit for the Atlantic Coast Pipeline to cross two national forests, …...

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