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Follow the sermons, music, lectures and conversations of Rabbis Elliot Cosgrove,
Neil Zuckerman and Ethan Witkovsky and Cantors Azi Schwartz, and Rachel Brook.
Park Avenue Synagogue seeks to inspire, educate, and support our membership and
listeners towards living passion-filled Jewish lives. Through spirited prayer,
study, observance and acts of kindness we aspire to foster deep connections with
each other, our Torah, our God, the people and State of Israel and our shared
humanity. More information available at www.pasyn.org or follow us @parkavesyn
or https://www.facebook.com/parkavenuesyn/
Neil Zuckerman and Ethan Witkovsky and Cantors Azi Schwartz, and Rachel Brook.
Park Avenue Synagogue seeks to inspire, educate, and support our membership and
listeners towards living passion-filled Jewish lives. Through spirited prayer,
study, observance and acts of kindness we aspire to foster deep connections with
each other, our Torah, our God, the people and State of Israel and our shared
humanity. More information available at www.pasyn.org or follow us @parkavesyn
or https://www.facebook.com/parkavenuesyn/
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Author Stephen Fried and his friend Elliot Miller speak with Rabbi Zuckerman about their personal experiences with mental illness and suicide and discuss how Jewish communities can provide compassionate support for individuals and families dealing with these issues.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
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2.7.20_inclusion_dinner.mp3
Yale University’s Dr. Eliyahu Stern discusses the 18th-century rabbi Elijah of Vilna, known as “The Gaon,” or “the genius.” Is the phenomenon of Jewish success and overachievement that began with him now on the decline?
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
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2.26.20_discussion.mp3
What can synagogues learn from Blockbuster and Kodak? Using the countercultural havurot of the 1960s as a case study (as well as the building of the mishkan/tabernacle), Rabbi Cosgrove explores models of innovative disruption, inviting us to be open-minded in imagining the future of our community.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
ec_sermon_2.29.20.mp3
In his sermon "Making Sense of Our Moment," Rabbi Cosgrove looks sixty years into the past to find similarities to the present and suggests that the international community's persistent unwillingness to recognize the Jewish people's right to safety and self-determination is today's manifestation of our perennial enemy, Amalek.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
2.8.20_sermon.mp3
In his sermon, “Standing at Sinai,” given at Temple Sinai in Los Angeles to honor his father at his “second Bar Mitzvah,” his 83rd birthday, Rabbi Cosgrove enacted the fifth commandment, honoring his father and mother by speaking of the influence their Judaism had on his own Jewish values and choice of career. He charged all parents and all synagogues to take and share responsibility for passing Jewish heritage on to the next generation.
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ec_sermon.mp3
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Community begins with individuals coming together with a shared vision. What does our tradition teach about building a kehillah of love, compassion, and integrity?
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
1.24_dinner.mp3
In his sermon "Making Sense of Our Moment," Rabbi Cosgrove looks sixty years into the past to find similarities to the present and suggests that the international community's persistent unwillingness to recognize the Jewish people's right to safety and self-determination is today's manifestation of our perennial enemy, Amalek.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
2.8.20_sermon.mp3
At Shabbaton 2020, Rabbi Sharon Brous discussed the animating principles of music in services with Cantor Schwartz: people should be comforted by liturgical music, but also surprised!
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
shabbaton_music_discussion.mp3
In his sermon “Time to Step Up and March,” Rabbi Cosgrove argues that regardless of our political stance, it is our responsibility as Jews to step up in the face of antisemitism and hatred, and it is our heritage as descendants of Judah, who stood up for his brother Benjamin in parashat Va-yiggash. The rabbi urges everyone to join in the “No Hate. No Fear.” communal march and rally.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
1.4.20_sermon.mp3
Rabbi Witkovsky uses the example of Isaac to emphasize the importance of taking daily breaks for mindfulness and meaning.
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Audio:
sermon_podcast.mp3
Reflecting on scenes of murder and of rescue visited by the PAS Trip to Russia earlier this month, Rabbi Cosgrove suggests in his sermon “Bystanders and Upstanders” that the measure of moral stature put forth in the Torah is an individual’s willingness to step up on behalf of another, even at risk to him- or herself. The example of Abraham teaches that no one can get it right all the time, but each of us can rise to meet challenges beyond what we might have thought.
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11.16_sermon.mp3
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(Rebroadcast) Rabbi Witkovsky likens our awareness of climate change to Abraham’s experience of knowing Sodom and Gemorrah would be destroyed.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
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ew_sermon_10.27.18.mp3
In a tribute to poet and literary critic Harold Bloom, who passed away last month, Rabbi Cosgrove demonstrates how Bloom's theory of "the anxiety of influence" applies to the narratives of the book of Genesis and to our own lives.
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Audio:
11.2.19_sermon.mp3
A year after the shooting at the Pittsburgh Tree of Life synagogue, Rabbi Cosgrove assesses the impact of the attack and counsels how we must respond to antisemitism in our world while continuing to have faith in humanity and in our Jewish tradition in his sermon “#OneYearLater.”
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
10.25_sermon.mp3
In Rabbi Cosgrove’s sermon, “Jonah’s Sukkah,” he suggests what we can learn from the close proximity of the festival of Sukkot to Yom Kippur about how to live in the new year.
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
10.19.19_sermon.mp3
In preparation for Yizkor, Rabbi Cosgrove reflects on how memories of those who are no longer with us can bring sorrow but also comfort, and sometimes even joy.
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Audio:
yk_sermon.mp3
Addressing the congregation on Yom Kippur, Rabbi Cosgrove reflects on the importance of doing mitzvot as an essential expression of identifying as a Jew.
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Audio:
kn_sermon.mp3
On the first day of Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Cosgrove discusses the dilemma that each Jew must face: How does one balance what is good for the Jewish people with what is good for humanity as a whole when such needs sometimes seem contradictory.
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Audio:
rh_day_i.mp3
Rabbi Cosgrove begins the High Holidays with a lesson on teshuvah – what it truly means to repent and how to effectively reflect on last year’s deeds.
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Audio:
erev_rh_sermon.mp3
On the Shabbat before Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Cosgrove discusses the 1919 “Black Sox" scandal and its implications for morality and forgiveness in his sermon "Say It Ain't So, Joe.”
For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.
Audio:
ec_sermon_9.28.19.mp3
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