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.
Sessions in which Paul Kipnes RJE participates
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Piedmont
Workshop
Martha Hausman, MH Negotiation (Participant)
Michael Gan, Peer, Gan & Gisler LLP (Participant)
Mara Nathan, Temple Beth-El (Participant)
Paul Kipnes RJE, Congregation Or Ami (Participant)
Stacy Friedman, Congregation Rodef Sholom (Participant)
Sessions in which Paul Kipnes RJE attends
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ravinia
Meeting
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
General Session
Dana Bash, CNN (Participant)
Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook
Reception
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
Meal
Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Reception
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
Meal
Professor Deborah Lipstadt, Emory University (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
Worship
Rachel Timoner, New York (Participant)
Noam Katz, The Leo Baeck Day School (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook
Break
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
Panel
Mayor Kasim Reed (Participant)
Reverend Natosha Reid Rice, Habitat for Humanity International AND Ebenezer Baptist Church (Participant)
Reverend Raphael Warnock PhD, The Historic Ebenezer Baptist Church (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon ABCD
Meeting
Rex Perlmeter, CCAR (Participant)
btorop, CCAR (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Hotel Lobby
Off-site Trip
Atlanta - Museum
Off-site Trip
Derreck Kayongo, The Center for Civil and Human Rights (Participant)
Atlanta - The Temple
Reception
Atlanta - The Temple
Off-site Trip
Melissa Fay Greene (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Reception
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF
Meal
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
Talk
Paul Root Wolpe PhD, Emory University (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Piedmont
Workshop
Rabbi Dr. Shmuly Yanklowitz, Valley Beit Midrash (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Centennial
Workshop
Dr. Louis Newman, Carleton College (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook
Meeting
Hara Person, CCAR (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Overlook
Break
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon E
Workshop
Dr. Jonathan Crane, Emory University (Participant)
Walter Jacob Ph. D., Abraham Geiger College (Participant)
Mark Washofsky, HUC-JIR (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Piedmont
Workshop
Daniel Medwin, CCAR (Participant)
Dr. Joshua Holo, Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion (Participant)
Laura Baum, CJP (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
Talk
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom and The Terrace
Reception
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
General Session
Joseph J. Levin Jr., Southern Poverty Law Center (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
General Session
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Meeting
Steve Fox, CCAR (Moderator)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF
Meal
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
Workshop
Rabbi Hanan Schlesinger, ROOTS/Shorashim (Participant)
Ali Abu Awwad, ROOTS/Shorashim (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon DEF
General Session
Prof. Donald A. Sylvan, Ohio State University (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon B
Workshop
Larry Dressler, Blue Wing Consulting (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon A
Workshop
Dr. Jonathan Crane, Emory University (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon F
Workshop
Michael Gan, Peer, Gan & Gisler LLP (Participant)
Mary Zamore, Women's Rabbinic Network (Participant)
Cindy Enger, CCAR (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ardmore
Workshop
Dov Wilker, American Jewish Committee (Participant)
Soumaya Khalifa, Islamic Speakers Bureau of Atlanta (Participant)
Kwanza Hall, Atlanta City Council (Participant)
Jerry Gonzalez, GALEO (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ellington Ballroom - Salon C
Workshop
Prof. Donald A. Sylvan, Ohio State University (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Mercer Ballroom
Talk
Cornell William Brooks, NAACP (Participant)
Rabbi Denise Eger, Congregation Kol Ami (Participant)
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Presidential Suite 2628
Meeting
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Ravinia
Meeting
Loews Atlanta Hotel - Presidential Suite - Rm 2628
Meeting