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To Be a Jew Today: A Blessing for a Broken World

To Be a Jew Today: A Blessing for a Broken World

To Be a Jew Today: A Blessing for a Broken World

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Oct 55 min read

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To Be a Jew today (2018)

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Oct 111 min read

Parent’s Blessing for the 1st Days of School

Parent’s Blessing for the 1st Days of School

Parent’s Blessing for the 1st Days of School

Aug 251 min read

Transform Your Synagogue’s High Holy Day Appeal (Then Finally Focus on the Important Stuff)

Transform Your Synagogue’s High Holy Day Appeal (Then Finally Focus on the Important Stuff)

Transform Your Synagogue’s High Holy Day Appeal (Then Finally Focus on the Important Stuff)

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

May 911 min read

Passover in Full Color: Blacks and Jews Broke (Unleavened) Bread

Passover in Full Color: Blacks and Jews Broke (Unleavened) Bread

Passover in Full Color: Blacks and Jews Broke (Unleavened) Bread

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Apr 143 min read

Sanctuary in a Jazz Club

Sanctuary in a Jazz Club

Sanctuary in a Jazz Club

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Apr 64 min read

Remembering Rabbi Stanley M. Davids

Remembering Rabbi Stanley M. Davids

Remembering Rabbi Stanley M. Davids

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Apr 63 min read

From Tohu VaVohu to Tikvah

From Tohu VaVohu to Tikvah

From Tohu VaVohu to Tikvah

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Apr 62 min read

Prayer for When a Loved One Faces Dementia (or Alzheimer’s)

Prayer for When a Loved One Faces Dementia (or Alzheimer’s)

Prayer for When a Loved One Faces Dementia (or Alzheimer’s)

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Mar 91 min read

From Lockdown to Legislation: Our Teens Demand Change

From Lockdown to Legislation: Our Teens Demand Change

From Lockdown to Legislation: Our Teens Demand Change

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Mar 93 min read

The Things We Do for Love

The Things We Do for Love

The Things We Do for Love

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Mar 93 min read

From Lockdown to Legislation: Our Teens Demand Change

From Lockdown to Legislation: Our Teens Demand Change

From Lockdown to Legislation: Our Teens Demand Change

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Feb 253 min read

Climbing the Ladder to Self-Acceptance: Fulfilling a Childhood Dream on My 61st Birthday

Climbing the Ladder to Self-Acceptance: Fulfilling a Childhood Dream on My 61st Birthday

Climbing the Ladder to Self-Acceptance: Fulfilling a Childhood Dream on My 61st Birthday

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Feb 92 min read

A Prayer for the Secular New Year

A Prayer for the Secular New Year

A Prayer for the Secular New Year

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Feb 91 min read

Finding the Holy in the Everyday: Lessons from Sand Dollars and Nature’s Wonders

Finding the Holy in the Everyday: Lessons from Sand Dollars and Nature’s Wonders

Finding the Holy in the Everyday: Lessons from Sand Dollars and Nature’s Wonders

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Feb 93 min read

A Prayerful Invocation for Calabasas: Celebrating Leadership and Community

A Prayerful Invocation for Calabasas: Celebrating Leadership and Community

A Prayerful Invocation for Calabasas: Celebrating Leadership and Community

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Feb 93 min read

What a Double Funeral and Double Bat Mitzvah Taught Me about Connection

What a Double Funeral and Double Bat Mitzvah Taught Me about Connection

What a Double Funeral and Double Bat Mitzvah Taught Me about Connection

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Jan 124 min read

Parenting Adult Children: The Sacred Work of Growth and Transformation

Parenting Adult Children: The Sacred Work of Growth and Transformation

Parenting Adult Children: The Sacred Work of Growth and Transformation

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Jan 124 min read

Thanksgiving: Don’t Let Political Disruptions Ruin Your Dinner

Thanksgiving: Don’t Let Political Disruptions Ruin Your Dinner

Thanksgiving: Don’t Let Political Disruptions Ruin Your Dinner

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

May 5, 20244 min read

A Mantra for When Life is Full of Stress

A Mantra for When Life is Full of Stress

A Mantra for When Life is Full of Stress

Rabbi Paul Kipnes

Apr 30, 20239 min read

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