What Gives? The Jewish Philanthropy Podcast

Jewish Funders Network

The issues, stories, and people changing the world in philanthropy and the Jewish community. If you like "What Gives?" be sure to check out "Outside the Tzedakah Box" (https://honeycomb.org/podcast-outside-tzedakah-box/) a podcast on Jewish youth philanthropy from JFN's Honeycomb.

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What Gives? The Jewish Philanthropy Podcast

Episodes (80)

Wed May 13th Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove - Rabbis, Red Lines, and the Future of Jewish Leadership
Apr 29th Mijal Bitton & Yehuda Kurtzer - Boundaries, Belonging, and Our Obligations to One Another
Feb 25th Eugene Kandel - Israel’s Strategic Future

What Gives? The Jewish Philanthropy Podcast

May 13, 2026
53¼ minutes
76 MB

Episode 78 of What Gives?—the Jewish Philanthropy Podcast from Jewish Funders Network, hosted by JFN President and CEO Andrés Spokoiny. In this episode, Andrés speaks with Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove, Senior Rabbi at Park Avenue Synagogue and a leading voice in American Jewish life. Through his writing and public leadership, Elliot has been deeply engaged in some of the most contentious debates shaping the Jewish community right now. Andrés and Elliot take a close look at the questions raised about the role of rabbis in political life that arose during last fall’s New York City ma...

What Gives? The Jewish Philanthropy Podcast

Rabbi Elliot Cosgrove - Rabbis, Red Lines, and the Future of Jewish Leadership

Jewish Funders Network

00:00 -53:10