Park Avenue Podcasts

Dr. Arnie Eisen, Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary and Rabbi Dr. Bradley Shavit Artson, Vice President of American Jewish University engaged in a conversation about Conservative/Masorti Judaism & Covenantal Love from the perspective of two institutional leaders, and added even more depth to our Community Conversation around the changing nature of Jewish Identity in the 21st century. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  2.25.18_rabbiartson_rabbieisen_community_convo.mp3

Rabbi Dr. Daniel Gordis discusses his personal experience of being a father of children who serve in the Israeli army. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_1.27.18_end_speech.mp3

Eric S. Goldstein, CEO, UJA Federation of NY discusses the relationship between UJA Federation and Israel. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_guest_speaker_2.17.mp3

Rabbi Gordis discusses the relationship between American Jews and Israel, and then he and Rabbi Zuckerman engage in dialogue about this. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_1.27.18_900.mp3

Rabbi Dr. Daniel Gordis gives an overview of sites and scenes participants see in Israel. What should you look for in each place? How does it differ from location to location? And more! For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_1.27.18_500.mp3

Listen as Rabbi Dr. Daniel Gordis discusses the stages of Israel's existence from pre-statehood through present time. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_1.26.18.mp3

Rabbi Witkovsky discusses Tubishvat, Shabbat and an obscure verse from parshat Yitro while looking for a balance between the human ability to create, shape and destroy and the need for expansiveness and wilderness. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_sermon_2.3.18.mp3

On February 8, 1963, on the centenial of the Emancipation Proclamation, Rabbi Judah Nadich gave a sermon on why Abraham Lincoln was his favorite American. Audio:  my_favorite_american_-_archive_podcast.mp3

Listen as Rabbi Ellenson and Rabbi Gordis discuss conversion, Jewish law, and community boundaries as part of the Community Conversation: Changing Nature of Jewish Identity in the 21st Century program. Together they co-wrote a book with the same title as this lecture. Following their own remarks, they engaged in a conversation with Rabbi Zuckerman. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_communityconversation_1.28.18.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove calls on the Jewish community to engage in efforts that strengthen Israel as a Jewish and democratic state during these turbulent times. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_sermon_1.20.18.mp3

As part of our Reading Jewish Lives Author Events, listen as Molly Haskell, author of Steven Spielberg: His Life In Films shares further insight into to Spielberg’s hugely successful movie making career and how his films and life are entwined. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  lecture-haskell_spielberg-alifeinfilms.mp3

 Rabbi Nadich spoke movingly as he eulogized Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. who was assassinated the prior day in Memphis, TN. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. For more excerpts from the Shapiro Audio Archives, visit https://pasyn.org/resources/archives/shapiro-audio-archive. Audio:  archive_podcast_-_rabbi_j_nadich_on_dr_king.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove remembered former teacher and preeminent theologian, Rabbi Neil Gillman, z"l, and spoke about his concept of "myth" as a framework for a culture's core beliefs. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_sermon_rabbi_cosgrove_01.06.18.mp3

Rabbi Witkovsky discusses the desire to rely on a savior from Pharaoh to the Jews to all of us today. They can make our lives easier and sometimes make our lives better too but rarely without a cost. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_sermon_rabbi_witkovsky_12.16.17.mp3

Rabbi Judah Nadich reviews the milestones of 1973. Many of his observations are still relelvant today. Audio:  podcast_archive_rabbi_judah_nadich_-_survey_of_1973.mp3

We all believe that we celebrate Hanukah for eight nights because of the miracle of the oil and that Hannukah commemorates the rededication of the Holy Temple (the Second Temple) in Jerusalem at the time of the Maccabean Revolt against the Seleucid Empire. Listen as Clive Lawton challenges these ideas. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_clive_lawton_-_wed_lunch.mp3

As American Jews we have a strong opinion about Israel and its future. Listen as Clive discusses the European Jewish Solution that is not always heard here in the states. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  podcast_clive_lawton_-_thursday_melton.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove reflects on how contemporary questions of integration versus isolation have been issues since the time of the Maccabees. The challenge of Hanukkah is how to sustain the light of Jewish life beyond the candles of one season. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_-_sermon_12.9.17.mp3

From December 1-7, we welcomed our first ever weeklong scholar in residence to PAS, Clive Lawton, cofounder of Limmud and its senior consultant. At our Shabbat Dinner, Clive discussed “Is Being Jewish About Tomorrow or Today?” Listen as Clive shares his thoughts and theories on this topic. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.   Audio:  lecture_-_lawton_-_12.02.17.mp3

The Reading Jewish Lives event with Dr. Steven Gimbel, author of Einstein: His Time and Space, was a wonderful culmination of the book discussions taking place in our community. Gimbel shared his thoughts on Einstein's connection to Judaism and God, and so much more!   Audio:  podcast_-_presentation_einstein_book_11.15.17.mp3