Rabbi Olan embraced many causes. Clearly, this one did not succeed. Perhaps it is a good thing that the bema and the choir loft are so far apart in the Olan Sanctuary at Temple Emanu-El! …
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1958: Give Olan a Solo!
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An ancient teacher
“An ancient teacher [Hillel] counselled: ‘If I am not for myself, who will be for me?’ He was not advocating selfishness as a way of life. If you cannot love yourself, you will never be able to love anyone else.”
– Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “Some Things Are Not For Sale,” broadcast October 17, 1967.
(20220506 #218)
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Rabbi Olan in the 1950s (?)
If he is trying to look stern in this official portrait, Rabbi Olan does not succeed completely. Arms folded, he does not smile. Still, there is something pleasant and perhaps whimsical in his visage. Image …
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The business of living
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Levi Olan as a young man
Rabbi Olan in his twenties – quite a dashing figure! Image courtesy of Frances M. Olan and Lionel S. Joseph. Commentary by Tim Binkley. (20220505 #215)
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Walls that divide
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Levi and Elizabeth
Levi Olan and daughter, Elizabeth. Image courtesy of Joshua F. Hirsch. (20220504 #213)
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How easy it is
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Three Generations
Three generations of Olans (l-r): Levi; his daugher, Elizabeth; and his father, Max. Image courtesy of Joshua F. Hirsch. (20220503 #211)
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Bigotry is an insult
Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City 