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Remembering Rabbi Stanley M. Davids
This week I said goodbye to my rabbi, my mentor, my friend. In that moment, I lost one of the great anchors of my life. Rabbi Stanley M....

Rabbi Paul Kipnes
Apr 63 min read


Parenting Adult Children: The Sacred Work of Growth and Transformation
As parents, we spend years mastering the art of raising children. Guiding, protecting and nurturing them through childhood and...

Rabbi Paul Kipnes
Jan 124 min read


Sermon: That Time My Wife Was Spit on… In Jerusalem… By a Jew
Also known as:Rejecting Tribalism, Embracing Discomfort

Rabbi Paul Kipnes
May 1, 20221 min read


Rabbi, Do You Have a Faith That Gets You Through?
During Kol Nidre, we began a three-part conversation about God. (View it in theKol Nidre service at OramiLIVE.com ). In Part One, which I...

Rabbi Paul Kipnes
May 9, 20216 min read


God Damn You, God! Taking God to Task in a Messed Up World
This summer, amid the turmoil, I realized it was time to finally have that conversation I had been putting off. With all that has...

Rabbi Paul Kipnes
May 2, 20217 min read


COVID-Kavod CONNECTION: Healing the Social Isolation of a Viral Death
COVID-19 could kill us, but it shouldn’t also bring shame upon us or our infected loved ones. And it won’t. Unless we play into the...

Rabbi Paul Kipnes
May 10, 20205 min read


Don’t Wait: Lessons from My Father-in-Law Murray November
I am filled with overflowing love and appreciation for the kindness that this community has showered upon my wife Michelle and me and our...

Rabbi Paul Kipnes
May 5, 20199 min read
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