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Q & A With Jamie Korngold

Authors who reside in picturesque locations are fortunate to live in such environments. Many seek inspiration from their harmonious location while others are driven more by their unique interests. Today’s guest author, Rabbi Jamie Korngold, thrives on both. Jamie has successfully found a way to blend her love of Judaism with her love of nature as the Adventure Rabbi in Colorado. Unlike many rabbis who simply model Jewish traditional Jewish practices and values, Jamie encourages her congregants to learn something traditional and then individualize the concept. By authoring children’s books, she is able to share this philosophy with a wider audience of youngsters.  Her unique stories have kid appeal. Today, Jamie will share information about her background and books.

Welcome Jamie.

As a fellow Coloradoan, I share your appreciation of the Rocky Mountains and understand how spirituality is enhanced in natural settings. Does living in Colorado inspire your writing?

My work is inspired by the trees and mountains, my work as the Adventure Rabbi and of course my two children. But mostly I am motivated simply by my love of Judaism and my desire to share Judaism in a way that is relevant.

Several years ago, you started your writ

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BOULDER — Whenever Rabbi Jamie Korngold — the Adventure Rabbi — hears herself called “cutting edge” because she takes her congregation on nature trips, she scratches her head.

Wandering in the wilderness, after all, is how the Jewish nation got its start.

“Everything I’m doing is a few thousand years old,” said the Boulder-based Korngold, 44, who has been widely featured in publications as one of Judaism’s most avant-garde rabbis.

On the fifth day of Passover, the holiday that begins at sundown today, Korngold and about 150 Jews will be in the backcountry near Moab — which looks a lot like the Holy Land — hiking to a remote sandstone formation 140 feet high called Corona Arch.

The Jews spent 40 years in the desert awaiting the promised land. It’s good to go back and visit occasionally, said Korngold, author of the 2008 book “God in the Wilderness.”

“Passover is about freedom, community and gratitude,” Korngold said.

Korngold’s congregation will sing, dance and pray under the sun and arch. They will read Exodus out of a Torah scroll.

They will share a Seder, the traditional Passover meal, Saturday evening, sitting on the desert floor along 100 yards of gleaming white fab