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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Anthony Elia leading an Olan Sermons discussion
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Despairing men [and women]
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Our First Anniversary!
The Conscience of the City blog officially opened in April 2018 during an Olan sermons discussion class at Temple Emanu-El in Dallas. To celebrate our first anniversary, we will post personal reflections and pictures this …
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Olan sermons classes
Please join us at Temple Emanu-El on Tuesdays, March 12 through April 2, 2019.
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The Greatest Story Ever Told
“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
“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
“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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Levi and Sarita Olan in 1931
Levi Olan married Sarita Messer on June 9, 1931. This picture is of their honeymoon tour of Europe. The itinerary included stops in Paris, London, Amsterdam, Berlin, Prague, and Venice.
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On Being Religious at Heart
“The institutions of religion merit critical indictment. They accept too easily the position of a vested business whose concern is the survival of the church or synagogue instead of the ideals of faith.” On December …
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Ideals and faith
“Ideals and faith are meaningless and impotent isolated in one man’s heart.”
– Rabbi Levi A. Olan. “On Being Religious At Heart.” December 9, 1962
