Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast

Lecture – Ahmane’ Glover: Creating Your Own Prayer Space – September 20, 2020

Engage your senses – and your soul – as we explore what makes space sacred and how we can create our own sanctuary for prayer and reflection with Ahmane’ Glover. Glover is a spoken-word artist and cultural organizer who has explored the sacred in community with The Kennedy Center, Catalyst for Peace, the Poor People’s Campaign, and more. 

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Parashah Study – Rabbi Witkovsky & Erin Beser: Priest, Parent, and Teacher – August 20, 2020

Expert educator Erin Beser joins Rabbi Witkovsky to talk about Parashat Shoftim, the different roles we play in society, and what happens when those roles break down.

Parashah Study – Rabbi Witkovsky & Rabbi Linden: Plausibility and Pedagogy – August 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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Sermon - Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Comfort and Repentance - August 1, 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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Sermon - Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Reaching for the Moon - July 25, 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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Parashah Study – Rabbi Witkovsky & Rabbi Linden: The Stories We Tell– July 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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Archive – Bella Abzug: A View from Congress (1975)

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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Parashah Study – Rabbi Witkovsky & Rabbi Linden: Living Through Communal and Theological Uncertainty– July 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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Dialogue - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove and Rabbi Ed Bernstein: First Loving both Jews and Judaism - July 10, 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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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: First Base on Race - July 11, 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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