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Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City

Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City

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  • Building God’s kingdom

    “Man is a co-worker with God in the building of His kingdom on earth.”

    – Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “Two Holidays–Two Religions”, broadcast January 7, 1968

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    February 21, 2022February 20, 2022
  • “Two Holidays–Two Religions”

    Posted by allerona97 on February 21, 2022February 20, 2022

    In addition to being a courageous fighter for social justice, Rabbi Olan was also one of the leading theologians of Reform Judaism.  It is in that role that we see him in this sermon, delivered …

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  • What It Takes to Live in Peace

    Posted by allerona97 on February 14, 2022February 13, 2022

    “The television camera brings into my home a close-up of a boy blown apart, bleeding, his face twisted in agony. Television has brought that boy into my home, he sits at my table, he stands …

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  • Some Things Are Not for Sale

    Posted by allerona97 on January 31, 2022January 30, 2022

    “Maybe we should add an eleventh commandment—‘love thyself.’” In this sermon delivered on December 17, 1967, Rabbi Olan is concerned with the effects of mass market consumer culture on personal integrity.  According to Rabbi Olan, …

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  • Marrying Someone of Another Faith

    Posted by allerona97 on January 24, 2022January 23, 2022

    “Neither shalt thou make marriage with them… so will the anger of thy Lord be kindled against you, and He will destroy thee quickly.” Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Thus the Book of Deuteronomy answers the question of …

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  • Youthful Rebellion Against the Old Morality

    Posted by allerona97 on January 10, 2022January 9, 2022

    “A generation goes and a generation comes.” Rabbi Olan starts this sermon, delivered November 26, 1967, with the observation that “the world… is in constant evolution.  Nothing stands still.”  That makes youthful rebellion expectable, even …

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  • Losing Faith in Human Nature

    Posted by allerona97 on January 4, 2022

    “It is not too difficult to sympathize with God as He looks upon men* acting selfishly, deceitfully, in pride, with cruelty, and always with indifference. That He should conclude to wipe out the experiment and …

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  • The Scoffer Among Us

    Posted by allerona97 on December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

    “Happy is the man who… does not sit in the seat of the scornful.”  Psalms 1.1 In this sermon of November 5, 1967, Rabbi Olan contrasts the stance of scoffing at all morality and faith …

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  • The Uncertainties of Life

    Posted by allerona97 on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

    “If the world is just a machine which is bereft of purpose and meaning, then what can there be except terror, hopelessness, and defeat?” In this sermon of October 29, 1967, Rabbi Olan returns to …

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  • Life With or Without God

    Posted by allerona97 on November 29, 2021November 29, 2021

    “Except the Lord build a house, they labor in vain who build it.” In this sermon, delivered on October 15, 1967, Rabbi Olan directly addresses the question, what difference does it make whether or not …

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