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Electronics have shrunk our world

“Electronics have shrunk our world so that a word and a picture occurring in one place in the world may be heard and seen in every corner of it.”
– Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “On Legislating Morality”, broadcast November 29, 1964.

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On Legislating Morality

Posted by allerona97 on July 6, 2020July 5, 2020

“Life without law is an unthinkable nightmare.” In his November 29, 1964 radio sermon, Rabbi Olan expounded on the relationship between law and morality. “If we now ask ‘do laws make men moral?’ it is …

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Peace depends…

“Peace depends upon how faithfully and capably we translate our ideals of equality and justice into laws.”
– Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “On Legislating Morality”, broadcast November 29, 1964.

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This Nation Under God

Posted by allerona97 on July 4, 2020July 5, 2020

What would Rabbi Olan say is the real question for America today? Mid-century Americans’ lives celebrated their victories and proclaimed Abraham Lincoln as the very exemplar of all that is American. We still invoke the …

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