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Into the Woods: Blau-Weiss, the German Zionist Hiking Group

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Image: Courtesy of Leo Baeck Institute

By James Benjamin Nadel, Communications Outreach Associate

As the summer ends, and opportunities to explore the great outdoors grow fewer, I wanted to draw attention to the little discussed history of Jewish hiking organizations. Several of these youth groups existed in pre-World War II Europe, but one stands out in particular for…

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