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.
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Dialogue - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove and Rabbi Ed Bernstein: First Loving both Jews and Judaism
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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Parashah Study – Rabbi Witkovsky & Rabbi Linden: Pinhas and the Role of Righteous Anger
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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Parashah Study – Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Hukkat: Are There Reasons Behind the Rules?
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!
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Sermon - Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Staying in the Conversation
Rabbi Witkovsky calls on Jews engage in conversations about justice and inequality. We cannot stay on the sidelines of Black Lives Matter, but must work to make our community an anti-racist one.
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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: Speaking Privately
Rabbi Cosgrove reminds us that public speech can change the world and also destroy it. Important as public protest may be, giving feedback privately will often forward our causes better than rash responses in social media.
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Parashah Study – Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Sh’lah L’kha and Overcoming Powerlessness
Rabbi Witkovsky takes a message of hope from the week’s parashah. For those feeling overwhelmed by challenges, this parashah calls on us to acknowledge our ability to act and do good.
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Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: That's My Bible
Rabbi Cosgrove shows us how the Bible can provide inspiration, guidance, comfort, and even challenge, as we seek to respond to the systematic racism that infects our country.
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Parashah Study – Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Privilege and Oppression: Grappling within Our Texts and Our Times
Rabbi Witkovsky and Rabbinic Intern Viktoria Bedo discuss the disturbing Sotah ritual described in parashat Naso. Is there any meaning to be made from this oppressive ritual?
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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: To Begin Again
At any Yizkor service, mourners are called on to stand together – separated in their grief. This year we are “together apart” more than ever. Rabbi Cosgrove urges us to follow the examples of Ruth, Naomi, and Boaz, reaching beyond our own pain of loss to help ease the grief of others.
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Parashah Study – Rabbi Ethan Witkovsky: Making Sense of the Census
This week we begin the book of B’midbar, and we do it with a census of the Israelites (or some of them). Rabbi Witkovsky interviews Benny Witkovsky, a Sociology PhD student who comes from a great family.
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Sermon - Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove: From Chancellor to Chancellor
In honor of our annual “Seminary Shabbat,” Rabbi Cosgrove tracks the history of the American Jewish experience through the seven chancellors of the Seminary and raises the question of what sits on the docket of the soon to be announced next chancellor.