Rabbi Cosgrove: Us and Them (March 27, 2026)
Rabbi Cosgrove Sermons
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Do you tell the Passover story as a tale of “us” versus “them”? Rabbi Cosgrove teaches that binary distinctions between good and bad do not tell the whole story, not in the past, and not now. He encourages us to acknowledge and thank non-Jews who have supported our people.
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