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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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Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Thursday Aug 13, 2020
Rabbis Ethan Witkovsky and Ethan Linden discuss Deuteronomy as a book looking to create an idealized society. In this regard, it is similar to synagogues and summer camps, which also try to create a rubric for the holiest society. The rabbis discuss what goes into creating these “plausibility structures” and what the average Jew gets out of them.
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Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Tuesday Aug 04, 2020
Rabbi Witkovsky uses Shabbat Nachamu, the Shabbat of Comfort, to discuss the nature of repentance and how it can bring us comfort in a world in desperate need.
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Monday Jul 27, 2020
Monday Jul 27, 2020
Over the course of our history, we’ve gone from the moon landing to shuttering the space program; from the destruction of the Temple to the creation of a new religion. Do we reach for the stars or keep our feet on the ground? Each day brings new possibilities and a new chance to choose our direction.
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Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Thursday Jul 23, 2020
Rabbis Witkovsky and Linden discuss Moses’ retelling of Israel’s story as we begin the book of D’varim. Looking at the narratives of the Torah and those presented today, they ask the questions of what we choose to emphasize and why.
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Monday Jul 20, 2020
Monday Jul 20, 2020
On December 13, 1975, during a Shabbat service honoring the Sisterhood (a predecessor of the Women's Network), the Honorable Bella Abzug addressed the PAS congregation with "A View From the Congress." These remarks included her thoughts on Israel and the Middle East, Soviet Jewry, Women's Rights, concerns of poverty, and the aftermath of Watergate. We honor her memory this week on what would have been her 100th birthday (July 24). We hope you enjoy this piece of PAS history.
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Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Thursday Jul 16, 2020
Rabbi Loren Monosov joins Rabbis Witkovsky and Linden to discuss community in ancient Israel and explore the purpose of a city of refuge.
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Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
Tuesday Jul 14, 2020
As a guest on Rabbi Ed Bernstein’s My Teacher Podcast, Rabbi Cosgrove discusses the life and legacy of Rabbi Louis Jacobs.
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Monday Jul 13, 2020
Monday Jul 13, 2020
Zach Banner’s response to DeSean Jackson’s antisemitic screed is not the first time Steel City sports has given Black-Jewish relations a much needed shot in the arm. Recalling the friendship between baseball players Hank Greenberg and Jackie Robinson, Rabbi Cosgrove urges us all to examine our own internalized prejudices in order to reach first base in our struggle to check our biases and eliminate racism.
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Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Thursday Jul 09, 2020
Rabbi Witkovsky and Rabbi Ethan Linden are joined by Rabbi Jessica Fisher of Beth El in New Rochelle as they discuss the anger of Pinhas and how the Torah and the rabbis treat his violent actions. Is righteous anger something to avoid? Or can it push us to make the world a better place?
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Thursday Jul 02, 2020
Thursday Jul 02, 2020
We are starting something new this week! Rabbi Witkovsky is teaming up with Rabbi Ethan Linden, the director of Camp Ramah in the Berkshires, for the next few weeks! Camp might not be in session, but that won’t stop two rabbis named Ethan from trying to bring interesting Torah to our communities! In this podcast, we discuss an old question: Are there reasons behind the commandments in the Torah, and how could one’s answer to that question shape our lives. Subscribe and stay tuned – Rabbis Witkovsky and Linden will be bringing in many different guests throughout the summer!
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