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From Lockdown to Legislation: Our Teens Demand Change
What does it take for a teenager to stand in a senator’s office, look a legislative aide in the eye, and say, “This is personal.” For the...
Rabbi Paul Kipnes
Mar 93 min read
What a Double Funeral and Double Bat Mitzvah Taught Me about Connection
This past Shabbat, I stood in two sacred spaces that illuminated the beauty, fragility and resilience of life. One moment, I found myself...
Rabbi Paul Kipnes
Jan 124 min read
Disruptive Judaism: Will Your Synagogue Be Beit Blockbuster or Kehillat Netflix?
Whenever we get stuck in the midst of a synagogue brainstorming session or change project, I trot out my cherished $50 Blockbuster gift...
Rabbi Paul Kipnes
May 5, 201910 min read
Seth Front on L’dor Vador: HUC-JIR Interns Positively Influence My Daughter
In a speech at Hebrew Union-College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Or Ami congregant Seth Front kvells about the positive impact that...
Rabbi Paul Kipnes
May 5, 20194 min read
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