Central Synagogue Podcast
This is the podcast/audio archive of Manhattan's historic Central Synagogue- featuring sermons, music, lectures and conversations. Central Synagogue works tirelessly toward a world in which Judaism is central to the lives of people everywhere and is a profound and positive force for humanity.
Latest episodes
Aug 23, 2024 • 16min
Finding Calm in the Psalms: Rabbi Josh Warshawsky
Kabbalat Shabbat often achieves lift-off at Central Synagogue with Rabbi Josh Warshawsky's Psalm 95, Lechu Neranena. The composer speaks with Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel about how he constructed this layered, rhythmic, and joyful setting.
Aug 16, 2024 • 12min
SERMON: Cantor Jenna Pearsall - "Music: A Connector of Hearts"
Sermon by Jenna Pearsall, "Music: A Connector of Hearts" August 16, 2024
Aug 16, 2024 • 18min
Finding Calm in the Psalms: Daphna Rosenberg
Sharing one of the gorgeous original melodies flowing from Jerusalem's Nava Tehila spiritual community, Daphna Rosenberg speaks with Cantor Jenna Pearsall about Psalm 92, "Mizmor Shir L'Yom HaShabbat."
Aug 9, 2024 • 12min
SERMON: Rabbi Angela Buchdahl"Scouting Out Destruction, And Hope: Tisha B’Av 2024"
Sermon by Rabbi Angela Buchdahl, "Scouting Out Destruction, And Hope: Tisha B’Av 2024" August 9th, 2024
Aug 9, 2024 • 22min
Finding Calm in the Psalms: Rabbi Shefa Gold
An expert practitioner in the art of Jewish chant, Rabbi Shefa Gold describes to Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel how her now-famous setting of "Ashrei" from Psalm 84 helps her enter the house of the Eternal.
Aug 2, 2024 • 10min
SERMON: Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal "The Project of Peoplehood"
Sermon by Rabbi Rebecca Rosenthal, "The Project of Peoplehood" August 2nd, 2024
Aug 2, 2024 • 19min
Finding Calm in the Psalms: Rabbi Karyn Kedar
In the third of Rabbi Nicole Auerbach's three-part mini-series interviewing poets, Rabbi Karyn Kedar shares how the psalms have come to matter in her own life -- sometimes with the help of her own pen.
Jul 26, 2024 • 11min
SERMON: Cantor Dan Mutlu. "From Sacrifice to Prayer: The Essence of True Giving"
Sermon by Cantor Dan Mutlu, "From Sacrifice to Prayer: The Essence of True Giving" July 26th, 2024
Jul 26, 2024 • 19min
Finding Calm in the Psalms: Poet Jessica Greenbaum
When we have no words during the intense events of our lives, the Psalms can provide them. Contemporary poet Jessica Greenbaum speaks with Rabbi Nicole Auerbach about the role that psalms can play for people today.
Jul 19, 2024 • 10min
SERMON: Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel, "Unobstructed Views" - July 19, 2024
Sermon by Rabbi Andrew Kaplan Mandel, "Unobstructed Views"July 19, 2024
