Park Avenue Podcasts

So much of the stories in the parsha hinge on uncertain situations. Rabbi Witkovsky relates the lesson to restrain ourselves from venting “righteous anger” when he never know the full story. He also visits justice on some trick-or-treaters. Audio:  podcast_-_sermon_-_rabbi_witkovsky_11.4.17.mp3

Shayna Golkow, Rabbinical Intern reflects on  the long and winding journey to gratitude in light of the Thanksgiving holiday. Audio:  podcast_-_sermon_-_shayna_golkow_rabbinical_intern_11.18.17.mp3

Rabbi Mike Uram discusses the truth and myths behind BDS on campus – what it was and what it has become. He also gives insights into antisemitism and Palestinian Jewish relationships on campus, and Hillel in general. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  lecture_-_dr._mike_uram_11.18.17.mp3

Hosted by Rabbi Neil Zuckerman, in partnership with What Matters, Park Avenue Synagogue, and Central Synagogue When Breath Becomes Air, a New York Times best-selling memoir, is an intimate and stirring look at how Dr. Paul Kalanithi dealt with his stage IV lung cancer diagnosis. His widow, Dr. Lucy Kalanithi, MD, FACP, shared her husband’s story and the journey her life has taken since its publication. Audio:  lecture_-_dr._lucy_kalanithi_11.07.17.mp3 read more

Prelude to Shabbat: A discussion and performance of the music by Italian composer Salamone Rossi, specifically focusing on his Songs of Solomon. This transformative collection of choral pieces, published in 1623, has a profound effect on Jewish Liturgical Music. Discussion is led by PAS Music Director Colin Fowler and sung by the PAS Quartet, Elisa Strom Singer, Yonah Gershator, Jason Weisinger and Tim Krol. Audio:  prelude_to_shabbat_-_rossi_11.14.17.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove spoke about “survivalism” and “renewal” as complementary responses to the challenge of Jewish continuity, concluding that community actions that support both are necessary to produce a thriving next generation. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.   Audio:  rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_-_sermon_11.11.17.mp3

Dr. Shaul Magid is the Jay and Jeanie Schottenstein Professor of Jewish Studies and professor of Religious Studies at Indiana University/Bloomington, Kogod Senior Research Fellow at the Shalom Hartman institute of North America, and Rabbi of the Fire Island Synagogue in Sea View, NY. This year he is the NEH senior research fellow at The Center of Jewish History in Manhattan. Audio:  community_conversation_10.30.17.mp3 read more

Martin “Marty” Baron is the executive editor of The Washington Post. When Baron was editor of The Boston Globe, the newspaper won the Pulitzer Prize for Public Service for its investigation of concealing clergy sex abuse in the Catholic Church, coverage portrayed years later in the Academy Award-winning movie Spotlight. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  lecture_marty_baron_10.20.17.mp3

Focusing on the role of the Chief Rabbinate, Rabbi Cosgrove reflects on the fractures between the State of Israel and diaspora Jewry and then offers suggestions on what can be done to mend it. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  sermon_-_service_10.28.17_-_podcast.mp3

Rabbi Witkovsky searches for paradigms of righteousness as he calls for the reckoning of how our society treats women. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org.   Audio:  rabbi_ethan_witkovsky_sermon_10.21.17.mp3

Rabbi Witkovsky uses Franz Rosenzweig and his own personal story to emphasize the importance of Jewish Learning. Audio:  rabbi_ethan_witkovsky_sermon_9.9.17.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove encourages us to be resilient In the face of setbacks, missteps, loss, and suffering. To pick ourselves up and dust ourselves off, much as Adam and Eve did after being cast from Eden, and move forward, one step after the other. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  rabbicosgrove_sermon_10.14.17.mp3

During Yizkor, as we remember loved ones who have passed on, Rabbi Cosgrove encourages us to also ensure that we are strengthening our relationships with our friends and family and living loving, value-filled lives of meaning. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  rabbicosgrove_yizkorsermon-2017.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove calls upon all of us to see our regrets from the perspective of the other person and to not only ask for forgiveness, but to grant it as well. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  rabbicosgrove_yomkippursermon-2017.mp3

As we reflect upon ourselves and the world during Rosh Hashanah, Rabbi Cosgrove urges each of us to take up our responsibilities to do something, to become involved in the issues of today, to make the world a better place. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  rabbicosgrove_roshhashanah1sermon-2017.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove advocates for self-reflection ahead of the coming new year and taking personal personal agency for your role as the author of your life story. For more information about services and programs at Park Avenue Synagogue, visit our website at https://pasyn.org. Audio:  sermon_9.9.17.mp3

Some fifty years ago stellar Jewish musicians reinvented American music, reshaped American culture, and revolutionized our very consciousness. In an era when culture and politics joined forces to initiate a series of social changes, a number of young singer-songwriters drew on the traditions of American folk music, Broadway's Tin Pan Alley, and the new Rock ‘n’ Roll to create the soundtrack for the new age dawning. We still listen to this music today, and it still moves us as it did in the 1960s. Audio:  summer_concert_2017.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove reminds us to define our lives by our blessings and not by our woes. Audio:  rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_-_sermon_6.10.17.mp3

Dr. Richard Haass discusses the issues of a war of choice versus one of necessity and where Israel is today. Audio:  6.2.17_lecture_-_six-day_war_50_years_later.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove speaks about Israel today in contrast to the time of the Six-Day War, reflecting on his father's experience of the Six-Day War and his daughter’s experience of Jerusalem today. He concludes with dreams of a brighter, peaceful future. Audio:  rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_-_sermon_6.3.17.mp3