Rabbi Paul Kipnes NY ’92 is spiritual leader of Congregation Or Ami (Calabasas) and author, with his wife Michelle November, of Jewish Spiritual Parenting: Wisdom, Activities, Rituals and Prayers for Raising Children with Spiritual Balance and Emotional Wholeness. His article, Disruptive Judaism: Will Your Synagogue Be Beit Blockbuster or Kehillat Netflix (eJewishphilanthropy.com), went viral. A former NFTY regional advisor and currently Dean of Faculty of URJ Camp Newman, Rabbi Kipnes served as CCAR Vice President and co-editor of CCAR Journal’s New Visions of Jewish Community. Under his leadership, Or Ami won 15 national awards for social justice, disability inclusion, lifelong learning, innovative worship, interfaith outreach, and best synagogue use of technology. With Or Ami’s leadership team, he created Shmirat Haguf v’Hanefesh: Caring for the Teenage Body, Mind and Spirit, an integrated teen wellness program, and Talking Openly about Drugs: A Community-wide Conversation. Rabbi Kipnes has mentored over 45 rabbinic and education students. His current project is MidrashicMonologues.com, where with Rabbi Rachel Bearman, he restores the voices of biblical women and men who have not been given the opportunity to speak. Rabbi Kipnes Facebooks at Paul Kipnes, Instagrams @RabbiKip, and blogs at paulkipnes.com.