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From TorahTrek founder, Rabbi Mike Comins:
TorahTrek has offered hikes, wilderness retreats, leadership training, an eJournal and other programming for the better part of two decades. I am very proud of TorahTrek's contribution, online and on the ground, to the Jewish environmental movement. As my other projects developed and I approached my sixtieth birthday, I realized that it was time for me to focus on other opportunities in my professional life. TorahTrek no long sponsors its own programs. However, I still lead outdoor (and indoor study) programs on behalf of synagogues, schools and other entities. See Programs and Events. On this website, we make available TorahTrek's enduring contributions to the Jewish community: A Wild Faith, the TorahTrek eJournal and TorahTrek's leadership training program, the Guides Track. Learn more by scrolling down this page. I offer my heartfelt thanks to the hundreds of participants who joined TorahTrek programs, and my eternal gratitude to the TorahTrek Guides. I have been graced with a lot of wonderful work, but nothing has, or will, compare to leading a Guides Track retreat and befriending such inspiring people. |
Resources on Judaism, Spirituality and the Natural World
The TorahTrek eJournal
For five years, the TorahTrek eJournal published a variety of resources on eco-Judaism, including articles, audios and videos on the following themes.
For five years, the TorahTrek eJournal published a variety of resources on eco-Judaism, including articles, audios and videos on the following themes.
- Wild Judaism: Jewish thought and the natural world
- Sustainability
- Desert Torah
- Hebrew Chant in the wild with Rabbi Shefa Gold
- Videos demonstrating Jewish, spiritual practice in nature
- Lesson Plans for educators
- Interviews with leading teachers on spirituality and the natural world
The TorahTrek Mission
The TorahTrek Center for Jewish Wilderness Spirituality contributes to vibrant Jewish communities, living in balance with their neighbors and environs, by exposing Judaism's roots in wilderness, facilitating direct experience of the Divine in nature, demonstrating the effectiveness of Judaism as a spiritual practice, and fostering the spiritual growth of individual Jews and Jewish communities.
Through leadership training and curriculum development, TorahTrek envisions a Jewish community that takes full advantage of the natural world in mainstream Jewish education for children, youth and adults. As the love of God's creation pervades the Jewish community, more and more Jews will serve the Holy One by practicing sustainable living and working for a sustainable society.
Through leadership training and curriculum development, TorahTrek envisions a Jewish community that takes full advantage of the natural world in mainstream Jewish education for children, youth and adults. As the love of God's creation pervades the Jewish community, more and more Jews will serve the Holy One by practicing sustainable living and working for a sustainable society.