About Rabbi Jamie Korngold
Rabbi Jamie Korngold is the author of the best-selling book God in the Wilderness (Doubleday 2008), which is now in its third printing.
Her books include:
The God Upgrade: Finding Your 21st-Century Spirituality in Judaism’s 5,000-Year-Old Tradition
(Jewish Lights, April 2011)
Sadie and the Sukkah Breakfast (Kar-Ben, July 2011)
Sadie and the Big Mountain (Kar-Ben, 2012)
Sadie and the Super Shamus (Kar-Ben, 2012)
Sadie and the Desert Passover (Kar-Ben, 2013)
Rabbi Korngold is an ordained Reform rabbi and the founder and executive director
of the Adventure Rabbi Program, based in Boulder, Colorado. She is nationally
recognized for her innovative work combining religion and nature, as well as
for her cutting-edge use of technology.
A favorite of the media, she has been featured by Good Morning America,
National Geographic, NPR, the New York Times, Wall Street
Journal, Ski as well as many other outlets.
Rabbi Korngold is an athlete and a scholar. She completed the Leadville Trail
100, a hundred-mile running race, in less than thirty hours and was ranked fourth
in the nation for telemark mogul skiing. She is a graduate of Cornell University’s
natural resources program and received her masters and ordination from Hebrew
Union College.
Rabbi Korngold is best known for her ability to make Judaism relevant, meaningful,
and accessible and therefore opening the doors back to Judaism for thousands
of disenfranchised Jews. Through her nature-based approach to religion, she
is able to bridge the gap between scientific thought and religion, healing a
fissure that often disrupts spiritual paths.
She lives in Boulder, Colorado, with her husband and two daughters.
Find her at:
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Adventure Rabbi: http://www.AdventureRabbi.org/
Facebook: http://www.AdventureRabbi.org/facebook/
Blog: http://blog.AdventureRabbi.org/
Twitter: http://twitter.com/adventurerabbi
God Upgrade Updates
- My Prediction for CNN.com for 2012: 24×6 – Take a Day Off
- New Review of The God Upgrade
- Book Signing Photos: Aspen, Colorado
- Adventure Rabbi Featured in Wall Street Journal – 7-5-2011
- Fox News Interview About The God Upgrade
- Scarsdale Inquirer Article about Rabbi Korngold coming to New York for her Book Talk
- Review of The God Upgrade from the Shabbat Lady (Texas Jewish Post)
- Photos from Adventure Rabbi May 2011 Hike
- CNN Interview with Rabbi Korngold about The God Upgrade
- God Upgrade #1 Bestseller at Boulder Bookstore (photo)
Adventure Rabbi Blog
- New Jewish Women International Magazine Article Featuring Me April 3, 2012I'm featured in a really nice Jewish Women International Magazine article (that also uses one of Jeff's photos): http://www.jwmag.org/page.aspx?pid=3241 […]Adventure Rabbi Blog
- Rabbi Korngold Discusses Link Between Purim and Passover Stories March 23, 2012Rabbi Jamie Korngold, the Adventure Rabbi, discusses the differences and similarities between the Jewish holidays of Purim and Passover that occur only one full moon apart. In the story of Purim, the Jewish people are oppressed, but write a story where the hero is a woman, and God is not present. During Passover, the Jews are freed from Israel by the outstre […]Adventure Rabbi Blog
- CNN asked me to predict what awaits us in 2012. Hint: 24x6 Movement - Take a Day Off. January 1, 2012CNN asked me to predict what awaits us in 2012. My prediction is #9: http://religion.blogs.cnn.com/ And I'll paste it here:Sabbath becomes trendy!Fourth Commandment makes a comeback!Sabbath named Time’s person of the year! A new movement sweeps the country. They call themselves 24/6. Worn out by being tethered to the grid 24/7, sick of being accessible […]Adventure Rabbi Blog
- I'm quoted in USA Today about Holiday Gifts December 6, 2011The USA Today article is up and you can read it here Religious leaders share memorable gifts:USA TODAY asked several religious leaders about what they like to give and receive. How did I do? The variety of favorite gifts (including a goat and a baby) are kind of wild. […]Adventure Rabbi Blog
- The God Upgrade - Top 10 Book of the Year (Publisher's Weekly) November 7, 2011View on Publisher's Weekly Site: I know you’re probably tired of book news but this is really exciting! The God Upgrade was selected as one of the Best Ten Religious Books of the year by the prestigious Publisher’s Weekly. Check it out>>> What an honor to see my book listed next to Robb Bell’s Love Wins and Rev James Martin's Between Heave […]Adventure Rabbi Blog






