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Pesach on the Trail

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Pesach on the Trail

The fire burned down to a bed of coals by the time they reached Maggid, recounting the story. The Appalachian Trail stretched nort hand south in a narrow corridor of shadow and pine, a...

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Purim on the Trail: Hidden Miracles in the Backcountry

If you’ve ever spent a night in the backcountry, you already understand Purim in a way most will not.It’s not the costume parade version, not the getting sloshed, and not the...

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2nd Night Seder in the Maine Wilderness

This year, the Maine Israelite Outdoor Society is hosting a wilderness seder on the second night of Pesach. We will use the ArtScroll Haggadah for a traditional seder, recline and drink our...

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When Wilderness Turns Deadly

This year, at the Maine Conference for Small Town Jewish Life, I’m teaching a course on basic orienteering.  If you follow this site, you know that I’m a big advocate for the...

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A lonely, tiny lighthouse sits on an overlook at Cape Enrage on the Bay of Fundy.

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Getting Back to Fundy-Mentals

From where I live in Maine, I have an embarrassment of hiking riches.  I’m four hours or so from Jacques-Cartier, an hour from both Baxter State Park and Katahdin Woods & Waters...

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Davening by Cove Brook in Winterport, Maine

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From Soldier to Wilderness Rabbi

We can never sneer at the stars, mock the dawn, or scoff at the totality of being. – Abraham Joshua Heschel Over a span of thirty years, I served in the active-duty Army, the...

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Autumn in Parc National de la Jacques Cartier

Where I live in Maine, for weekend adventures, I have a “can I get there and back again on a single tank of gas” philosophy. As it turns out, just north of Quebec is a gem of a...

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Backpacking Nagano Prefecture in Japan

A flower of snow On your shoulder seems to say: Welcome to Nagano! Keiko Yoshida – Nagano City My middle daughter, Avi, is a student at Temple University’s Tokyo campus....

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Memorial Day

When my unit returned from its Operation Iraqi Freedom mobilization, I had a conversation with my friend, Jimmy. I came home early due to a custodial matter, but we stayed in touch for the...

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Backcountry with Dogs

Knowing Where to Go When I was stationed in Alaska, my ex-wife and I adopted a dog from the Anchorage shelter.  We named him D’Artagnan.  He was a Husky mix, former sled dog.  He...

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