About Rabbi Lipman:

Rabbi Dov Lipman is a community activist in Bet Shemesh, Israel and the Director of Anglos for Am Shalem, the political movement led by MK Rabbi Haim Amsalem. He worked as Special Assistant to the Deputy Mayor, volunteered as a campaign manager in the 2008 Mayoral elections, and has been focusing much of his attention on the tensions between the Chareidi and general populations in Bet Shemesh and the entire country. He also teaches at Machon Maayan in Bet Shemesh. Whether teaching classes in Jewish philosophy, Tanach, the weekly parsha, Jewish law, mussar/ethics or learning with students in small groups, he has earned respect and admiration as a trusted, caring and dynamic Rebbi. 

A graduate of Ner Israel Rabbinical College in Baltimore, Maryland, Rabbi Lipman has Rabbinic ordination from Rabbi Yaakov Weinberg, zt"l, and is also a graduate of Johns Hopkins University, with an M.S. in Education. An experienced educator, Rabbi Lipman has held numerous administrative and educational positions in the United States and Israel. He is a sought after lecturer, especially for audiences of teens or parents/educators seeking to inspire youth in the spiritual realm.

 
Rabbi Lipman is the author of:

 "DISCOVER: Answers for Teenagers (and Adults) to Questions about the Jewish Faith," (Feldheim) a book which has touched the lives of thousands of youth - and their parents - with clear answers to the questions which bother all Jewish children.
 
"TIMEOUT: Sports Stories as a Game Plan for Spiritual Success" (Devora) with 30 sports stories and Torah lessons - a book which is inspiring youth and adults all over the world
 
"SEDER SAVVY: Essays for Meaningful Family Discussion" (Targum) which provides parents with a basis to transform their seder.
 
He has numerous projects in the publishing process including:
  1. "THE CONVERSATION" - a dialogue during a train ride from Jerusalem to Tel Aviv between four types of Jews: Ultra-Orthodox, religious zionist, traditional Sephardic, and secular.
  2. "PARSHA POINTS TO PONDER" - a compilation of the weekly column which Rabbi Lipman has been writing for the Torah Tidbits for the past 7 years with questions to provike meaningful discussion at the Shabbos table.  
  3. NEW BEGINNINGS," which contains essays with new insights regarding the beginning of every Parsha with lessons to start "new beginnings" in various aspects of our spiritual lives.
His popular insights on the Weekly Portion are published by the OU in Torah Tidbits as Parsha Points to Ponder and his essays often appear on aish.com.

Background

Rabbi Lipman grew up in Silver Spring, Maryland where he attended the Hebrew Academy of Greater Washington and the Yeshiva of Greater Washington. After spending two years at Yeshivas Mercaz HaTorah in Jerusalem, he spent the next few years at Ner Israel Rabbinical College and Johns Hopkins Univeristy in Baltimore, MD. In 1994, Rabbi Lipman married Dena Abramowitz from Elizabeth, NJ. The Lipmans spent 3 years as part of the founding members of the Cincinnati Community Kollel. The family then spent 6 years in Silver Spring, MD where Rabbi Lipman held various posts in the community schools. In 2004, the Lipmans and their four children made aliyah and settled in Bet Shemesh, Israel.
  
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