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22 Recordings
A Once-in-a-Generation Moment, A Generation Ago
Sixty-three years ago, Jewish education was the focus during the dedication ceremonies for the Milton Steinberg House....
In Memory of Milton Steinberg
(1957—1961) Rabbi Milton Steinberg, who led Park Avenue Synagogue from September 1933 until his untimely death at age 46 on March 20, 1950, was deeply beloved by our congregation and greatly admired by rabbinic colleagues and scholars....
High Holidays Selections
Listen to excepts from High Holidays past with Rabbi Nadich and Cantor Lefkowitz....
Aliyot for Women
On November 17, 1960, a special Congregational meeting was called by Chairman Joseph Howard Katz....
Rabbi Chaim Potok
During the 1965-1966 program year, Rabbi Potok, who was a faculty member of the Teachers Institute at JTS, delivered seventeen lectures on "The Golden Age of Rabbinic Judaism"....
In Honor of President Dwight D. Eisenhower
President Dwight D. Eisenhower was the guest of honor at Park Avenue Synagogue on May 28, 1965 for a Friday evening service commemorating the twentieth anniversary of the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps by the Allied forces....
Nobel Prize for Literature – 1966
In recognition of the 50th anniversary of the noteworthy achievements of S.Y. Agnon and Nelly Sachs listen to excerpts from Rabbi's Judah Nadich's lecture series "Giants in the Modern Library of Israel."...
Fifty Years Ago at PAS - Rabbi Shlomo Carlebach
During the fall of 1966, the PAS Adult Education Institute of Jewish Studies presented a lecture series on "Modern Trends in Judaism."...
Fifty Years Ago at PAS – Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel
Among the treasures in the Shapiro Audio Archive is the March 31, 1967 Harold Starkman Memorial Lecture by Dr. Abraham Joshua Heschel on the topic Who Is Man? One of the most renowned scholars of his generation, Dr. Heschel was Professor of Jewish Ethics and Mysticism at JTS.
Fifty Years Ago at PAS – Dr. Cecil Roth
Dr. Cecil Roth, Oxford historian and renowned scholar of Jewish history, spoke at PAS on Friday, February 17, 1967....
Marc Chagall: The Facts of Fantasy
On April 7, 1967 Abraham (A.L.) Chanin, an art historian, educator and lecturer at the Museum of Modern Art spoke to the congregation on the life and work of Marc Chagall....