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From the Pulpit: Rosh Hashanah Reflections

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Show Notes

Two Rosh Hashanah sermons. One question: What does it mean to find our way home?

In this special episode, Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove and Jon Frankel revisit Rosh Hashanah at Park Avenue Synagogue, sharing sermons delivered over the past several weeks and revealing some of the thinking behind them.

From homecoming and memory to Israel, Jewish identity, and disagreement within the Jewish community, they reflect on what it means to return to our traditions—and to one another.

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