Park Avenue Podcasts

Liturgical music commissioned in the past year with a few treasures from our library which were commissioned in the 1940s. Featuring the voices of our cantors, accompanied by our choir, band, and full orchestra under the direction of Colin Fowler. Audio:  ldor_va-dor_full_cd.mp3

Rabbi Witkovsky asks us all to think of the few words we would use as guides for the year. Audio:  rabbi_ethan_witkovsky_-_sermon_10.8.16.mp3

Audio:  rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_-_rosh_hashanah_sermon.mp3

Audio:  rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_erev_rosh_hashanah_sermon.mp3

Rabbi Golinkin offers his perspective on how Steinberg’s novel about a 2nd-century heretic can help us prepare for the High Holidays. The spiritual struggles of an ancient rabbi prove surprisingly relevant as we prepare for the High Holidays. Audio:  golinkin_selihot_9.25.16_lecture.mp3

Why do we continue to do things even when we know the outcome may hurt us? Rabbi Zuckerman explores this idea in Parashat Ki Tetzei. Audio:  rabbi_neil_zuckerman_-_sermon_9.17.16.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove explores the underbelly of living in an “on demand” information age, and its impact on Jewish life and living. Audio:  rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_-_sermon_9.24.16.mp3

Cantor Jackie Mendelson, who has dedicated his life to preserving the traditional vocal stylings of Jewish liturgical music, describes his experience as the star of A Cantor's Tale, a 2005 documentary profile by Erik Greenberg Anjou. Audio:  cantors_lecture_9.17.16.mp3

Rabbi Cosgrove addresses campus life, free speech and the BDS (Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions) movement. Audio:  rabbi_elliot_cosgrove_-_sermon_9.10.16_-_podcast_master.mp3

“Remembrance is fundamental to Jewish liturgy and lifestyle, to the very act of being. “ —Alice Greenwald Listen to Alice Greenwald, Director of the 9/11 Memorial Museum, reflect on the nature of memory as a source of moral conscience and through a Jewish lens on the weekend of the 15th anniversary of 9/11. Audio:  shabbat_lecture_-_9.9.16_-_podcast_master.mp3

The PAS Conversation 100 Years: Crisis, Change and Continuity The Park Avenue Synagogue Conversation engages top scholars and notable intellectuals to address the major challenges facing American Jewry for a yearlong exploration that generates transformative thinking towards the continued revitalization of the Jewish community. Audio:  Menachem Rosensaft and Thane Rosenbaum: Reflections of Children of Holocaust Survivors read more

The PAS Conversation 100 Years: Crisis, Change and Continuity The Park Avenue Synagogue Conversation engages top scholars and notable intellectuals to address the major challenges facing American Jewry for a yearlong exploration that generates transformative thinking towards the continued revitalization of the Jewish community. Audio:  Lecture: An Evening with Abraham H. Foxman: The Face of Global Anti-Semitism: Past, Present and Future read more

The PAS Conversation 100 Years: Crisis, Change and Continuity The Park Avenue Synagogue Conversation engages top scholars and notable intellectuals to address the major challenges facing American Jewry for a yearlong exploration that generates transformative thinking towards the continued revitalization of the Jewish community. Audio:  Dr. Ismar Schorsch: Master Class: The Great War, the Twentieth Century and the Jews, Session 4 - 2/10/15 read more

Master Class: The Great War, the Twentieth Century and the Jews Dr. Ismar Schorsch World War I, The Great War, set loose a cascade of calamities that continued until the end of the 20th century. In this class we will examine the interconnectedness of these events, in which the fate of the Jews was deeply intertwined with the fate of all humanity. The day the war began, August 1, 1914, coincided with Tisha B'Av; perhaps a portent that the ensuing conflagration and its aftermath would not spare the Jewish landscape of Eastern Europe. Audio:  1-14-15_-_master_class_w.o_questions.mp3 read more

Master Class: The Great War, the Twentieth Century and the Jews Dr. Ismar Schorsch World War I, The Great War, set loose a cascade of calamities that continued until the end of the 20th century. In this class we will examine the interconnectedness of these events, in which the fate of the Jews was deeply intertwined with the fate of all humanity. The day the war began, August 1, 1914, coincided with Tisha B'Av; perhaps a portent that the ensuing conflagration and its aftermath would not spare the Jewish landscape of Eastern Europe. Audio:  Dr. Ismar Schorsch: Master Class: The Great War, the Twentieth Century and the Jews, Session 2 - 1/6/15 read more

Master Class: The Great War, the Twentieth Century and the Jews World War I, The Great War, set loose a cascade of calamities that continued until the end of the 20th century. In this class we will examine the interconnectedness of these events, in which the fate of the Jews was deeply intertwined with the fate of all humanity. The day the war began, August 1, 1914, coincided with Tisha B'Av; perhaps a portent that the ensuing conflagration and its aftermath would not spare the Jewish landscape of Eastern Europe. Audio:  Dr. Ismar Schorsch, Master Class: The Great War, the Twentieth Century and the Jews read more

A Shattered Peace: Versailles, 1919 and the Price We're Paying Today David Andelman PAS Converstion Audio:  David Andelman, A Shattered Peace: Versailles, 1919 and the Price We're Paying Today read more

Park Avenue Synagogue Lecture Series 5774: Living a Meaningful Life Audio:  Rabbi Charles Sherman and Rabbi Erez Sherman on Discovering Joy After Heartbreak: Lessons from a Life of Faith read more

The Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan: A Book Discussion Tuesday | April 29 | 7:00 – 8:30 pm Dr. Mel Scult Join Dr, Mel Scult, author of The Radical American Judaism of Mordecai M. Kaplan, for a discussion of one of the most provocative and original thinkers on the Jewish scene. Kaplan sought to democratize, Americanize and individualize the Jewish tradition and through these efforts to strengthen the Jewish people. Audio:  Dr. Mel Scult 4/29/14 read more

Park Avenue Synagogue Lecture Series 5774; Living a Meaningful Life Audio:  Dr. Erica Brown on Happier Endings: Is There a Better Way to Die? read more