More Or Ami Camp Newman Pix
Check out some pictures of our Or Ami delegation and friends at Camp Newman and during Camp Newman’s first Shabbat with campers. In both cases, scroll down to bottom for newest pictures. We are having a great time!!!
The campers have arrived! Camp Newman, Summer 2009 has begun. Take a look at these pictures of Or Ami campers and staff (scroll down to see our campers) From Camp Newman 2009 After a week’s delay, Camp is filled once again with the sounds of laughing and singing as our campers arrived. It was difficult …
There's No "Whine" in Swine: Shabbat at Camp Newman
California has long been the land of many seasons: flood, fire, earthquake… This summer seems to be for us – and, truth be told, for much of the country and world – the season of the flu. Influenza A, and for some, H1N1, the “dreaded Swine Flu”. See Swine Ain’t Kosher at Jewish Summer Camp. …
Camp Newman-Swig Cancels Some Sessions, Begins Others Thursday, June 25th
Camp Newman-Swig and the URJ have been incredible in their tireless devotion to the health and safety of our staff and campers. I wrote about their commendable efforts here and here. Camp just now announced its plans for the remainder of the session and the rest of the summer. There will be disappointment and sadness …
Pix from Camp Newman-Swig
Hello Muddah, Hello Fadduh… Writes Rabbi Rick
In his blog, Divrei Derech, my Camp Newman-Swig Faculty buddie Rabbi Rick Winer, posts: I believe that one of the reasons Camp Newman holds our usual slot for us during the first two weeks of the summer is because Laura and I, and some of our colleagues have served on faculty for many summers and …
Thanks May Be Kosher Even If Swine is Not
My family is up here at Camp Newman still as the camp moves forward, caring for those with the flu (at most 20 to date, of which only 2 have tested positive for Influenza A).Though the word on the street is that there is swine flu here (H1N1), we know that only the 2 exhibited …
Swine Aint' Kosher at Jewish Summer Camp
D’var Acher (Alternate Title): Porky Pig, Superman and Other Comics translation: swine flu, super staff and the theater of the absurd D’var Acher (Alternate Title): “I Know it is 1:00 am, and I’m Sorry to Wake You, but…” Team Crisis Management. From midnight, Wednesday, June 17, 2009 thru lunchtime, June 18, 2009, Michelle and I …
Hopeful Words, Visionary Words
President Obama spoke in Cairo today. Important words. Hopeful words. Visionary words. Many will try to parse out policy; others will weigh who – Jews/Israel or Muslims/Arabs – are being singled out more for challenge and change. Truth be told, President Obama told the truth! I’m on sabbatical and shouldn’t be blogging. But I was …
I’m On Rabbinical Sabbatical: Posting will Resume in late August 2009
I’ll miss posting, but I need to untether myself from the technology for a while. Read more about my Sabbatical. Read what I learned on the first phase of my Sabbatical in January, 2008. Get a sense of my diary of a rabbi blogger (and thus, why untethering myself will be really challenging). Bye! I’ll …
Mothers Face Tough Challenges in Raising Children with Disabilities
Mother’s Day. A celebration of those special people in our lives. I love my mother and my wife, the mother of my children. They were/are amazing. We will celebrate them, and hopefully give them a bit of a break today. Here’s my “inspiring mother of the moment” who is uplifting others: Or Ami congregant Diane …
Beginning Sabbatical Phase 2
Our congregation announces my upcoming sabbatical: After serving us faithfully for eleven years, Rabbi Kipnes will begin the second part of his rabbinical sabbatical from May 17 through late August. (The first part took place in January 2008.) The term “sabbatical,” related to the word Shabbat (time of rest), refers to a leave from normal …
Dodgers Honor Or Ami & Me on Disability Awareness Night
On Thursday, June 4th on the Dodger’s Stadium field, I will receive the EP Maxwell J. Schleifer Distinguished Service Award for Or Ami’s support of people with disabilities. The ceremony will take place sometime between 6:00 and 7:00 pm before the game. Come cheer on the Dodgers, Or Ami and the important work we do! …
The Read Red Carpet Treatment: Prom Prep
This year, Congregation Or Ami won the Irving Fain Social Justice Award from the Union for Reform Judaism for our multifaceted project: Supporting Children in Foster Care. We are proud of all of the activities that make up this Project, including Prom Prep, Mitzvah Day, Back to School and Holiday Child Shopping Sprees, and Adopt …