Elliot Cosgrove is senior rabbi at Park Avenue Synagogue on the Upper East Side of Manhattan, and author of For Such A Time as This: On Being Jewish Today.
Elliot Cosgrove
By Elliot Cosgrove
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Opinion What is the state of American Zionism today, and how did we get here?
American Jews feel that the Israel they love so much does not love them back or even care that we exist
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Opinion I spoke out against Mamdani. Then he won. Here’s how we walk forward together.
The Jewish community has become divided. We must learn to walk together again.
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Opinion It was the wildest scheme in American Jewish history. 200 years later, should it be remembered as a failure?
In the two centuries since the founding of Ararat — a self-governing Jewish colony in New York — much has changed, and much has stayed the same
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Opinion Why progressives must retire the slogan ‘free Palestine’
The words may not have originated as a threat to Jews — but now, they sound like one
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Opinion How to navigate the Court of Trump? Esther’s pragmatism vs. Vashti’s principles
What the holiday tale of palace intrigue has to teach us about this fraught political moment
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Opinion Jewish mourning rituals are not enough for Oct. 7, because our loss is ongoing
On this communal yahrtzeit, we must find a path forward even as we remember the pain
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Politics Cosgrove: Trump’s comments are a curse and he should recant
The former president has joined a long line of leaders who have treated Jews as a threat to the general public
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Opinion I gave a college lecture on Jewish identity — and confronted a mob of video vigilantes
What happens when the person they’re protesting on campus is you
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