Beth Israel is hosting Rabbi Mike Comins, author and founder of Torah Trek, the Center for Jewish Wilderness Spirituality for a special Scholar-in-Residence: Earth Day Weekend.

• 7:45 am Transportation to/from Camp Marston (bus leaves from Beth Israel)
• 9:00 am Outdoor Saturday Morning T’feliah Service
• 9:30 am-Noon Hike with Rabbi Mike Comins
• Noon Lunch at Camp Marston
• 1:00 pm Bus departs camp
• 2:15 pm Bus arrives back at Beth Israel

Rabbi Mike Comins is the Founder of TorahTrek.  He grew up in Los Angeles, graduated from the University of California in Los Angeles (UCLA) with a BA in Near Eastern Studies, and served as regional advisor for the Southern California Federation of Temple Youth and Rosh Eida at UAHC Camp Swig before making aliyah (moving to Israel) at age 26. He founded TorahTrek Spiritual Wilderness Adventures in 2001. Currently, Rabbi Comins lives in Los Angeles with his wife, Jody Porter.

He continues to grow TorahTrek, and devotes himself to writing and teaching.

A Wild Faith: Jewish Ways into Wilderness, Wilderness Ways into Judaism (Jewish Lights Publishing; AWildFaith) appeared in 2007 and his second book, Making Prayer Real: Leading Jewish Spiritual Voices on Why Prayer is Difficult and What to Do about It  (Jewish Lights Publishing; MakingPrayerReal) was published in 2010.  Rabbi Comins also contributes to various books and periodicals.