David Daniel Klipper was ordained as a Rabbinic Pastor by ALEPH, the Jewish Renewal movement in 2007. He was a CPE (Clinical Pastoral Education) Supervisor at Stamford Hospital from 2007-2015 , and taught CPE students at Stamford Hospital from 2007-2015. He received spiritual direction training from Morei Derekh, co-teaches pastoral counseling for the ALEPH Ordination Program and is part of the hashpa'ah (spiritual direction) faculty of ALEPH.