Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove PhD

Rabbi Elliot J. Cosgrove, Ph.D., is a leading voice in Judaism's Conservative Movement. He follows a tradition of distinguished rabbinical predecessors on the pulpit of Park Avenue Synagogue, including Rabbi Milton Steinberg, Rabbi Judah Nadich, and Rabbi David H. Lincoln. Ordained at The Jewish Theological Seminary in 1999, Rabbi Cosgrove earned his Ph.D. at the University of Chicago Divinity School. His dissertation on Rabbi Louis Jacobs, a leading Anglo-Jewish theologian of the 20th century, reflects his passion for the intersection of Jewish scholarship and faith. Rabbi Cosgrove is the author of four collections of selected sermons, In the Beginning (2009), An Everlasting Covenant (2010), Go Forth! (2011), and Hineni (2012). He is the editor of Jewish Theology in Our Time: A New Generation Explores the Foundations and Future of Jewish Belief. Rabbi Cosgrove is committed to building a caring community, fostering Jewish learning, and advancing social justice. He aspires to make Park Avenue Synagogue a true kehillah kedoshah, a sacred congregation where national Jewish conversations occur.