Here is the first in the summer season of Green Prophet ‘eco-reads festival’: environment-focussed books , some sharp and caustic, some funny or fact-filled, all written to get us thinking and working for the earth. Over the next month or so, a new review will go live each week, written by a diverse group of International writer/reviewers (all with an Israel connection) all with a passionate connection to the land in some way.
Review of ‘God in the Wilderness’ by Rabbi Jamie Korngold
Review by Ahron Shapiro
Rabbi Jamie Korngold is the Adventure Rabbi. Let me get that out of the way straight away. She is a Triathlon athlete and expert skier. She is charismatic, and she guides an ever-growing community of like-minded Jews. Why it is necessary to attach the Adventure Rabbi moniker to Rabbi Korngold is a question that gets to the heart of the story behind ‘God in the Wilderness: Rediscovering the Spirituality of the Great Outdoors with the Adventure Rabbi.’ The book serves as a spiritual trail map for those who might identify with this form of Jewish practice.
I hate to admit it (especially since I’m a vegetarian and like to think of Shavuot as my holiday), but sooner or later the cheese thing is gonna get old. And not in a French, moldy blue cheese kind of way. More of in a self-induced lactose intolerance kind of way.
In a special performance, Vertigo will perform Birth of the Phoenix, their ecologically-minded dance performance about the dialogue between humans and the environment. 
Borders, though an understood concept in the modern world, are anything but natural.
