Rabbi Cosgrove: All in the Jewish Family (Rosh Hashanah, 2026)
Rabbi Cosgrove Sermons
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31m
How can Jews with different relationships to Zionism remain bound to one another? Using history as his guide, Rabbi Cosgrove reflects on Jewish peoplehood, arguing that our future depends on sustaining a shared community capacious enough to hold disagreement without surrendering responsibility for one another.
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