Join New York’s Park Avenue Synagogue rabbi, R.Elliot Cosgrove, author of For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today, for a thought-provoking conversation with Rabbi Miriam Berger, Founding Director of Wellspring.
Rabbi Cosgrove has earned his reputation as one of American Jewry’s leading voices. In the aftermath of October 7, 2023, a day that marked a turning point for the Jewish community worldwide, he reflects on the rise of antisemitism and the enduring strength of Jewish identity. Drawing on a rich trove of Jewish history and tradition, he has written an essential guide to help make sense of this fraught moment, what it means to be Jewish today and the challenging questions embedded in the soul of contemporary Jewry.
Through warmth and insight, For Such a Time as This highlights the profound connection to community, culture, and faith that sustains Jewish life, even in challenging times.
This intimate evening, hosted by JW3, the Board of Deputies, and JLC, promises to be an inspiring exploration of what it means to be Jewish today. It will be hugely relevant to all those involved in Jewish education, leadership, community building, or Israel-Diaspora endeavours.
We are offering this as a free event, and we encourage you to make a donation during checkout to help us cover some of the costs.
We encourage you to purchase For Such a Time as This in advance and bring it along to have it signed if you wish. You can find it at Amazon HERE or Waterstones HERE.
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
Elliot J. Cosgrove, a leading voice of American Jewry, is Senior Rabbi of Park Avenue Synagogue in New York City. Ordained in 1999 at the Jewish Theological Seminary, he earned a doctorate at the University of Chicago Divinity School and is a Senior Hartman Rabbinic Fellow.
Rabbi Cosgrove sits on the Chancellor’s Cabinet of the Jewish Theological Seminary and on the Editorial Committee of Masorti: The New Journal of Conservative Judaism. An officer of the New York Board of Rabbis, he serves on the boards of UJA-Federation of New York, the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee, and Hillel at the University of Michigan. He is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations. Rabbi Cosgrove represented the Jewish community at the National September 11 Memorial & Museum during the visit of Pope Francis to New York in 2015. Rabbi Cosgrove was honored to represent American Jewry at the 2024 White House Hanukkah party. A frequent contributor to Jewish journals and periodicals, he is the author of 16 volumes of sermons, the editor of Jewish Theology in Our Time and the author of For Such a Time as This: On Being Jewish Today. He is the host of “Conversations with Cosgrove,” a series on the Park Avenue Synagogue Podcast, which features conversations with thought leaders in the Jewish world and beyond.
Rabbi Miriam Berger
Rabbi Miriam Berger - Founder Director, Wellspring.
Miriam’s 18 years in the congregational rabbinate led her to the founding of Wellspring and now works full time on bringing it to life. Previously she had doubled the size of Finchley Reform Synagogue and made it a flagship synagogue of the Reform Movement. Her creativity and innovation has led to pioneering endeavours in education, prayer services and pastoral work as well as hitting the headlines throughout the pandemic with novel ways of engaging her community whilst keeping them safe.
