Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes
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Rabbi Paul J. Kipnes

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Rabbi Paul Kipnes and Michelle November, MSSW, have been married for over twenty-five years and burst with pride at the admirable young adults their three children are becoming. They spend every summer as faculty at the Camp Newman Jewish summer camp, fostering Jewish spirituality in campers. Rabbi Paul Kipnes is rabbi of Congregation Or Ami, an innovative, spiritual, musical Jewish community in Calabasas, California. A former camp director, North American Federation of Temple Youth regional advisor, and national award–winning Jewish educator, he lectures regularly on raising ethical, resilient Jewish children. Ordained at Hebrew Union College–Jewish Institute of Religion, where he earned a masters in Jewish education, he later studied with the Institute for Jewish Spirituality. Trained in spiritual counseling for addictions, he also lectures on engaging interfaith families. He serves as rabbinic dean at Camp Newman in Santa Rosa, CA, and he blogs at paulkipnes.com. Michelle November is senior admissions officer at de Toledo High School (formerly, New Community Jewish High School) in West Hills, California. Earning a master’s degree in social work from Columbia University in New York, she directed the national college education department of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations (now Union for Reform Judaism). She served as program director of Stephen Wise Temple in Los Angeles, California, and as a supervisor in its Family Support Center. She has guided families as a parenting teacher and through the design of family camp retreats. At Congregation Or Ami, she founded N’siah, a Jewish women’s spirituality group. On the Camp Newman Nefesh team, she provides support to summer camp counselors and camper parents.
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