Day 157

Reading Time: < 1 minute I got on the road after packing up my wet gear as best I could. Beautiful scenery may be awesome, but wet camping gear is not. During a downpour at the end of the day, the deputy sheriff pulled up and made me an offer I couldn’t refuse. She asked where I was headed, and I […]

by Robert Schoen on June 11, 2018

Day 145

Reading Time: < 1 minute After six hours of walking, I was having a helluva time trying to find a decent place to camp when it started to rain. At that point a man in a Prius pulled up, lowered his window, and asked if I’d like a ride. I climbed in. Hell, I’m no fool. Jim told me he […]

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by Robert Schoen on May 30, 2018

Dr. Robert Schoen is a writer, musician, and composer. His book, On God’s Radar, follows his 2017-18 walk from coast-to-coast across the United States. He is also the author of What I Wish My Christian Friends Knew About Judaism and the co-author (with Catherine deCuir) of the novel The Rabbi Finds Her Way.

Schoen has composed music for a variety of ensembles and settings, and has served as Composer-in-Residence at Temple Sinai in Oakland, California, where Cantor Ilene Keys and the temple choir under the direction of George A. Emblom, premiered his original jazz-oriented Friday night Sabbath service, Bossa Shabbat.

Robert Schoen is a member of ASCAP and is the recipient of Getty Foundation and ASCAP awards for music composition. He and his wife, Sharon Chabon, live in Oakland, California.

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