Where do I find a minyan in Disneyland when I need to say Kaddish for my father? Outside It’s a Small World, after all! There, my students ensured I had a community for Kaddish.
Category: Video
Video: What’s Mourning Like?
A video that explores what it feels like to be a mourner, featuring my poem - The Secret Life of a Mourner.
Video: What to Say to a Mourner
A video that explores what to say to a mourner. Of particular significance for me since my father Ken Kipnes died.
Rabbinic Super Bowl Rivalry Plays Out on Facebook
Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Rabbi Joshua Aaronson have engaged in a spirited rivalry over Super Bowl LII between the Patriots and the Eagles. Winning Rabbi gets bragging rights, and delicious delicacies for their synagogue's oneg, and the loser donates tzedakah to URJ Camp Newman's #NewmanStrong fund.
Authors Night at Calabasas Library: Rabbi Kipnes and Michelle November on Jewish Spiritual Parenting
Authors Night with Host Karyn Foley at the Calabasas Library. Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Michelle November, MSSW, who co-authored the book, "Jewish Spiritual Parenting: Wisdom, Activities, Rituals and Prayers for Raising Children with Spiritual Balance and Emotional Wholeness," explore spiritually nourishing approaches to help you foster essential Jewish values like gratitude, joy and honesty in your children.
Mitzvah Day Video – Are you Ready to Volunteer
Volunteering to pack comfort bags on Mitzvah Day for children entering the foster care system is one step on the path to peace. Show up at Congregation Or Ami on November 6th.
Touro Synagogue, Oldest Jewish Synagogue in United States
The history of Touro Synagogue, the oldest synagogue in the United States, offers lessons about social justice and religious tolerance that resonate even today.
Video written & directed by Seth Front: http://sethfront.com
“Shalom Rav”
Performed by Nancy Linder: http://nancylinder.com
Music by Jeff Klepper & Dan Freelander
A Sanctuary of Kindness, Your Second Home
The clergy of Congregation Or Ami (Calabasas) share their vision of the synagogue as a sanctuary of kindness, your second home.
Car Accident, Rape, and the Responsibility of Standing Up to be Counted
How a car accident and a rape teaches us about the responsibility to stand up and be counted.
Shabbat Video Message: On Blessings and Curses
My Shabbat video message: on blessings and curses
Shabbat Video Message: Hiking on Shabbat in the Wilderness
Shabbat Video Message: Why we hike in the wilderness on Shabbat.
Video: Being a Parent at Congregation Or Ami
In this video, Moms and Dads reflect upon the joyous, warm experience of being parents at Congregation Or Ami.
My First Music Video – Mi Chamocha by Sheryl Braunstein, Daniel Braunstein, and Rabbi Paul Kipnes
My First Music Video! Mi Chamocha, a new version written by Sheryl Braunstein, Daniel Braunstein and me (Rabbi Paul Kipnes).
Shabbat Video Message: When You Feel Outside the Community
Watch my Shabbat Video Message: When You Feel Outside the Community