Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove
Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove was ordained at the Jewish Theological Seminary in May 1999, having studied both at the University of Judaism and Machon Schecter in Jerusalem. Elliot grew up in Los Angeles and attended the University of Michigan for his undergraduate studies, and is now pursuing a Doctoral degree in History of Judaism at the University of Chicago Divinity School.
As a Rabbi at Anshe Emet, Elliot is involved in teaching adult education, serving the pastoral needs of the community, overseeing the Youth Department and USY HIGH, serving as rabbinic liaison for the Rose Crown Minyan and the Young Adult Division (YAD), and working with the B'nai Mitzvah students. He is also co founder of Makor, a community-wide Friday night outreach program. Elliot is married to a most extraordinary woman, Debbie Cosgrove, and together they delight in raising their four children- Lucy, Madeline, Zoe, and Jed.
Rabbi Cosgrove's Sermons:
Vayeshev - 12/1/07
Rosh Hashana 5768 9/13/07
Parashat Emor - Two Jewries 5/5/2007
V'Tazria Metzorah - Silence as Response to Tragedy 4/21/2007
Shabbat Hagadol - Four Questions 3/31/07
Ki Tissa - The God "I" Believe In 3/10/07
Yitro - Surveys and the Sovereign Self 2/10/07
Bo - Miracles 1/27/07
Vayishlach - Learning to Let Go 12/9/06
Vayetze - The End of Conservative Judaism 12/2/06
Hayei Sarah - One People, One Destiny? 11/18/06
Sukkot 5767 - Shades of Doubt 10/07/06
Yom Kippur 5767 10/2/06
Rosh Hashana 5767 - A Moment of Destiny 9/23/06
Erev Rosh Hashana 5767 9/22/06
The Coup of '06
Vayakhel/Pekudey - A Theology of Interpersonal Relations 3/25/06
Yitro 2/18/06
Vayetze - Jacob’s Ladder 12/10/05
Vayera – Chai Lifeline Shabbat 11/19/05
Beresheet 10/28/05
Shemini Atzeret 5766 10/25/05
Yom Kippur 5766 10/13/05
Rosh Hashanah 5766 9/21/05
Shoftim – Judges and Corpses 9/10/05
Be-ha'alotkha - Would That All the Lord's People Were Prophets 6/18/05
Behar - Must A Jew Believe Anything? 5/21/05
Passover - Counting the Omer 4/24/05
Parshat Metzora - Exodus Morality 4/16/05
Parashat Tzav 03/26/05
Terumah - Where Does God Dwell? 02/12/05
Va’era - Rules for Rabbis 1/8/05
Vayishlach - Thanksgiving 11/27/04
Vayishlach #2- Minhag America 11/27/04
Beresheet 10/9/04
Yom Kippur 5765 - Loneliness and Encounter 9/25/04
Rosh Hashanah 5765 9/16/04
Bamidbar 5/22/04
Tazria / Metzora 4/24/04
Bo 2/2/04
Lech Lecha - The Essence is in the Journey 11/8/03
Yom Kippur 5764 10/6/03
Rosh Hashanah Day 2, 5764 9/28/03
Rosh Hashanah Day 1, 5764 9/27/03
Rabbi Cosgrove in Print:
Conservative Judaism’s “Consistent Inconsistency”
Adrift Branch Searches Anew For An Anchor
Conservative Judaism at a Crossroads
Where Have All the Theologians Gone?
Applying contradictory opinions will test Conservative movement
‘Greatest British Jew,’ 85, Synthesized Faith and Modernity
When a Scholar Became Chancellor
Book Review: Journal of Religion
A Very British Jew