We can no longer ignore the Health Care Crisis. It has entered our businesses, our neighborhoods and our homes.

What did Isaac think and feel during the famous Binding of Isaac incident?

Rabbi Kipnes offers a nuanced way of supporting a strong Israel which remains an Or Lagoyim, a light unto the nations.

Rabbi Kipnes expores the role of the ram in Genesis 22, as well as Jewish Perspectives on Our Responsibility toward the Earth.

An exploration of Sarah's role during the Binding of Isaac story. Perhaps Sarah saved Isaac and ensured Jewish continuity!

Looking Anew at God’s Intentions in the Binding of Isaac. Did Abraham misunderstand God? Do we?

Four congregants gave the Rosh Hashanah sermon on the topic "I am a Jew because..." Read the rabbi's introduction and their comments and then add your own response.

Rabbi Kipnes' Rosh Hashanah sermon collects stories and lessons from the Topanga fires of 2005.

Haggadah insert for during these times of economic recession/depression

Rabbi Kipnes' 8 Ways to Make Your Family Seder Engaging

Enjoy these new-old rituals which will enhance your Passover Seder experience

Fasting on Yom Kippur as moral calisthenics, learning to say "no" now.

Our prayerbooks ask “who shall live and who shall die in the coming year?” Many of us are more concerned with how to make it through this hectic Holy Day season! Where is the payoff for the energy we exert and the exhaustion we endure?

Isn’t this just how it is with so many of us? We have the opportunity to build up something wonderful – a loving family, a caring relationship, a meaningful life – but our priorities get all mixed up… until it is too late. Judaism offers an antidote to that worry in just six words: Build a sukkah; transform your life.

Almost 35 years to the day that I first discovered I needed glasses, I underwent LASIK surgery. It was a spiritual experience.

Some great suggestions to help you make a special Chanukah celebration for 8 days.

The “Miracle of Oil” story is not the whole story of Chanukah...

On this night of Chanukah, we celebrate four “women of light”, who made sure the holy light shined forth. According to legend...

Chanukah, as a Festival of Giving, invites us to share the Light of Torah with others by rededicating ourselves to the Jewish obligation of Tzedakah.

This Chanukah meander through the Pardes of Jewish texts and pick some of the delicious fruits of learning. Explore the depth of our Jewish textual tradition.

Sometimes the question is not "who is God?" but "where is God?" And Rabbi Kipnes answers "everywhere!"

“Rabbi, how do I pray?” I hear this question most often in the sanctuary, just before Shabbat Evening services. I also hear it in times of crisis, times of simchah (joy), and, very often, at hospital bedsides.

Divray Or Ami sat down, via e-mail, with our Rabbi Paul Kipnes to interview him about his Prayer Practice. Enjoy how the conversation unfolded!

Why we say the Mi Shebeirach prayer when recovery does not seem likely.

Or Ami blesses those who give care to their loved ones

The following prayer is for all of those in our community who may have children, grand-children or loved ones who are on the verge of a new school year.

Almost 35 years to the day that I first discovered I needed glasses, I underwent LASIK surgery. It was a spiritual experience.

Rabbi Kipnes shares personal insight on his experience dealing with issues related to addiction and dependency.

A Ceremony at our 10th Anniversary Gala which celebrated all who helped create Or Ami

Reform Judaism stands today in support of [the many different kinds of families] in our congregations, and in support of spousal relationships that create Jewish homes and bring holiness into the world. We are committed to a policy of inclusion and freedom for our rabbis to marry those couples they see are Jewishly-committed, regardless of gender or orientation.

Three television shows - Day Break, The Nine and Heroes - offer lessons for life.

Does the journey end when our lives on this earth end? Or is death just another transit point on the eternal journey of our soul?

Rabbi Kipnes explains six steps that help us move forward on the path to teshuva (cleaning up our lives).

Rabbi Kipnes reflects upon lessons learned while wine tasting during a day off from his work at the URJ Camp Newman Jewish summer camp in Northern California wine country.

A collection of texts which defines and explains Or Ami’s warm welcome for people and families with special needs

The actions of Abraham, Lot and Idit (Lot's wife) in the story of Sodom and Gemorrah offer models for behavior as we try to fix this world.

Does the journey end when our lives on this earth end? Or is death just another transit point on the eternal journey of our soul?

An exploration of Sarah's role during the Binding of Isaac story. Perhaps Sarah saved Isaac and ensured Jewish continuity!