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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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  • War Is Always Immoral

    Posted by allerona97 on December 5, 2022December 4, 2022

    “If there is no justice, there can be no peace.” In this sermon, Rabbi Olan wrestles with an intractable problem: he believes that all wars are immoral, but that some wars are also just or …

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  • To Live With a Mission

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

    “Those who know their mission and work earnestly to fulfill it are really alive.” In this sermon, delivered on March 16, 1969, Rabbi Olan, the preacher, turns preaching on its head, and says that it …

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  • Each [person]

    “Each [person], as each nation, is born to be a light unto the world.”

    – Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “To Live With a Mission,” broadcast March 16, 1969

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  • Building God’s Houses

    Posted by allerona97 on November 18, 2022

    “This preacher stands in one of the most beautiful of Sanctuaries in a city where twenty percent of the houses of the poor have been officially condemned as unfit for human habitation. How can any …

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  • The Sin of Hypocrisy

    Posted by allerona97 on November 3, 2022November 3, 2022

    “We suffer terribly from Sunday words and Monday actions.”  In this sermon, delivered on February 23, 1969, Rabbi Olan identifies the Ten Commandments as principles “binding at all times and in all places.”  He distinguishes …

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  • Grow Old and Enjoy It

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

    “If we prepare ourselves with enduring things like nature, art, friends, and love for people, we will grow old gracefully.” In this sermon, delivered on February 16, 1969, Rabbi Olan meditates on what we need …

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  • Fear–The Blessing and the Curse

    Posted by allerona97 on October 27, 2022October 25, 2022

    “A fearless man [sic] is either a fool or crazy and had better be locked up for his own safety. Let us be grateful that we can still be afraid. It will help us survive.” …

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  • Some Ingredients of Religious Faith

    Posted by allerona97 on October 3, 2022

    “…No one communion possesses the full understanding of the nature of God.  The differences are beneficial for they enlarge our view and give us a richer comprehension of God.” In this sermon, delivered on January …

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  • Holding Fast to Our Traditions

    Posted by allerona97 on September 19, 2022September 18, 2022

    “The pattern of life is woven over the loom of time.  Its beauty depends upon the harmonization of the past and the future into a living present.” The theme of this sermon, delivered on January …

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  • An Attempt at Prophecy–A Sermon for 1969

    Posted by allerona97 on September 12, 2022September 10, 2022

    “A rabbi is not a prophet. He has had no singular experience with God which entitles him to say: ‘Thus saith the Lord.’ He is only the keeper of the Biblical Prophetic tradition and its …

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