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  • Atheism: a philosophy of despair

    “To declare that there is no God is intellectually less satisfying, morally less convincing, and spiritually, it is a philosophy of despair.”

    -Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “How Can We Believe In God In a World Like This?” January 13, 1963.

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    June 13, 2024June 2, 2024

  • Tim Binkley leading

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on June 13, 2024June 2, 2024

    One of the March, 2019 Olan sermons discussion classes at Temple Emanu-El, Dallas. This lunch-and-learn group met under the leadership of Dr. Morton Prager from 2013 to 2018. In the spring of 2019 SMU Bridwell …

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  • Not free not to give

    “In the Bible, a man is not free not to give to the poor. His contract with God binds him to this obligation.”

    – Rabbi Levi A, Olan. “The Poor Condemn Us.” November 4, 1962.

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    June 10, 2024June 2, 2024

  • Rabbi Olan and Joshua Hirsch, circa 1981-1983.

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on June 10, 2024June 2, 2024

    Grandson Joshua Hirsch shares these special memories: [I] remember the time I was interested in Marxism in college and I asked him what his opinion of it was, and he said he could believe in …

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  • An anecdote

    It was after services on the high holidays, and my father had delivered a particularly fervent sermon.  A woman came up to him and told him that she loved the sermon.  His reponse:  “I hope not!!!!”

    Submitted by Elizabeth Olan Hirsch, 2019.

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    June 6, 2024June 2, 2024

  • Anthony Elia leading an Olan Sermons discussion

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on June 6, 2024June 2, 2024

    Anthony Elia, Director of Bridwell Library at Perkins School of Theology, SMU, served as discussion leader at Temple Emanu-El on March 26, 2019. He will also lead the April 2 discussion on Rabbi Olan’s sermon, …

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  • Despairing men [and women]

    “Despairing men [and women] are the seedbed for cheap politicians, demagogues, and tyrants.”

    – Rabbi Levi A. Olan. “On Being Unimportant.” March 20, 1966.

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    June 3, 2024June 2, 2024

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on May 30, 2024May 3, 2024

    “The story of Jacob is surely a leading candidate for the greatest story ever told. It is one of the most universal of all stories unfolding the struggle of a man against his fears and …

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  • Faith That Is Doing

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on May 27, 2024May 3, 2024

    "In the Prophetic view God is a law-giver, the author of both physical and moral law. The violation of either can prove fatal." As 1962 drew to a close, Rabbi Olan spoke challenging words to …

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  • America – The Dream and the Image

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on May 23, 2024May 3, 2024

    “We will be free when we worship the God who made us instead of the gods we make.”       In his sermon of December 16, 1962, “AMERICA – The Dream and the Image,” Rabbi Olan begins …

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