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Hear sermons, conversations, and select programs from Rabbi Cosgrove and the entire Park Avenue Synagogue clergy team to help round out your day. Don’t forget to subscribe to get a notification for our next episode. Listen to live recorded sessions and feel like you’re there at PAS! Find more information at www.pasyn.org or follow us @parkavenuesyn.
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9 minutes ago
9 minutes ago
With Israel under fire, listen as Rabbi Cosgrove speaks to Rabbi Steven Weil, the CEO of the Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF), the only organization authorize to collect charitable donations on behalf of the IDF across the United States.

5 days ago
5 days ago
Dr. Richard Haass and Rabbi Cosgrove discuss the latest developments in conflict between Israel and Iran, what it means for Israeli and global Jewry, and its implications on the world stage.

Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Conversations with Cosgrove: Baseball, Pete Rose, and Redemption
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
Tuesday Jun 17, 2025
PAS’s own Jon Frankel and sportswriter Michael Bamberger join Rabbi Cosgrove for a wide-ranging conversation about baseball, exploring Jewish ethical questions raised by topics such as the end of Pete Rose’s banishment and the use of electronic umpires.

Monday Jun 09, 2025
"Free Palestine" No More
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Monday Jun 09, 2025
Words aren’t just words—they carry history, impact, and, sometimes, danger. Rabbi Cosgrove explores how language evolves, why “Free Palestine” can no longer be dismissed as harmless, and what it means to speak—and stay silent—in an age of rising antisemitism.
For more Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, follow @Elliot_Cosgrove on Instagram and Facebook.
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Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
The Story of Ruth, the Story of Us
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Why do we read Ruth on Shavuot, and why at Yizkor? In a world governed by law, Ruth teaches the power of hesed – unearned, enduring kindness. Rabbi Cosgrove reflects on memory, love, and the quiet acts that bind us to one another, in life and in loss.
For more Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, follow @Elliot_Cosgrove on Instagram and Facebook.
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Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Conversations with Cosgrove: By the Grace of the Game with Dan Grunfeld
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Wednesday Jun 04, 2025
Listen as Rabbi Cosgrove and Jon Frankel, PAS member and guest co-host for this episode, interview Dan Grunfeld, former professional basketball player and son of former New York Knick and NYC high school basketball legend Ernie Grunfeld, as they discuss Dan’s book, By the Grace of the Game: The Holocaust, a Basketball Legacy, and an Unprecedented American Dream.
For more Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, follow @Elliot_Cosgrove on Instagram and Facebook.
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Tuesday May 27, 2025
Tuesday May 27, 2025
Recorded in front of a live audience, listen as Rabbi Cosgrove talks to Shuly Rubin Schwartz, chancellor of the Jewish Theological Seminary (JTS), joined by JTS students, including our own Rabbi Aiden Pink, as they highlight how JTS has adapted to the modern world.
For more Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, follow @Elliot_Cosgrove on Instagram and Facebook.
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Monday May 19, 2025
Take Him Out of the Ballgame
Monday May 19, 2025
Monday May 19, 2025
Can a person guilty of moral failure ever be redeemed? Reflecting on the posthumous reinstatement of Pete Rose, Rabbi Cosgrove explores the balance between justice and mercy, sin and atonement. In a world desperate for integrity, he argues, moral accountability, especially from our leaders, is the cornerstone of national character.
For more Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, follow @Elliot_Cosgrove on Instagram and Facebook.
Want to stay connected with PAS? Follow us @ParkAvenueSyn on all platforms, and check out www.pasyn.org for all our virtual and in-person offerings.

Monday May 12, 2025
Ordo Amoris
Monday May 12, 2025
Monday May 12, 2025
In the wake of a papal-political clash over “the order of love,” Rabbi Cosgrove explores Judaism’s own moral calculus: how to love one’s neighbor while prioritizing one’s own. Drawing on the Bible, rabbinic tradition, and current events, he examines where faith, ethics, and communal responsibility meet—and sometimes collide.
For more Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, follow @Elliot_Cosgrove on Instagram and Facebook.
Want to stay connected with PAS? Follow us @ParkAvenueSyn on all platforms, and check out www.pasyn.org for all our virtual and in-person offerings.

Monday Apr 28, 2025
Monday Apr 28, 2025
Listen as Rabbi Cosgrove talks to Rabbi Daniel Ross Goodman about his past studies of Rabbi Joseph Soloveitchik, how it led to his recent book, Soloveitchik's Children: Irving Greenberg, David Hartman, Jonathan Sacks, and the Future of Jewish Theology in America, and what it meant to be a student of "The Rav."