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Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City

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  • Religion – Opiate or Stimulant

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on May 1, 2022

    “It is the ‘Gotterdammerung’, the Twilight of the Gods!” The first half of the title to Rabbi Olan’s March 17, 1968 radio sermon is a direct reference to Karl Marx’s famous words, “Religion is the …

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  • God and Auschwitz

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on April 11, 2022

    “Somehow life and religion can never be the same after Auschwitz.“ In the light of intense human cruelty and suffering, it is natural to ask “Where is God?” and “Why doesn’t God intervene?” Is God …

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  • The Man With an Alibi

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on March 21, 2022March 21, 2022

    “To be human is to be personally responsible for a good measure of one’s life.” On February 4, 1968 Rabbi Olan returned to a theme that he preached many times: the reciprocal relationship between freedom …

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  • Dictatorships, responsibility, liberty

    “Dictatorships relieve men of all responsibility and at the same time take from them their liberties.”

    – Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “The Man With an Alibi,” broadcast February 4, 1968.

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    March 20, 2022May 5, 2022
  • What Do You Want From God?

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on February 5, 2022February 5, 2022

    “If we could meet God, we might ask Him the same question which Jeremiah put to Him. Why do the righteous suffer and why do the wicked prosper?” It is not an uncommon thought that …

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  • Laughing at God

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on January 18, 2022

    “We always have a great need for a faith which tells us that the impossible is possible.” Miracles were the topic of Rabbi Olan’s December 3, 1967 radio sermon. The “Laughing at God” title is …

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  • The Just and the Unjust War

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on December 27, 2021December 27, 2021

    “…honest men must speak and speak loudly when a crucial moral issue is at stake.” If today’s deeply divided national outlook concerns you, it should. If you think that the rigid polarization of the United …

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  • Remembering That Heals

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on December 6, 2021

    “For those who love, there is no escape from grief.” On October 22, 1967 Rabbi Olan spoke to his radio audience about a difficult topic: the inevitability of loss and the helpful role that grieving …

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  • Please Stop and Listen

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on November 15, 2021November 13, 2021

    “…we have lost the ability to hear each other, to hear ourselves or to hear God.” Noise, noise, noise! Constant noise is one of the plagues of modern life and was even in Rabbi Olan’s …

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  • Modern religion talks

    “Modern religion talks too much. God can’t get a word in.”

    – Rabbi Levi A. Olan. From “Please Stop and Listen,” broadcast October 1, 1967

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    November 14, 2021November 13, 2021
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