As we begin our second year, let’s look back on our blog and its reception. Through March 31, 2019 the writing team (Anita Olan, Tim Binkley, Elizabeth Hirsch, Joshua Hirsch, and Frances Olan) created 82 …
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First Anniversary Notes
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Rabbi Olan and Joshua Hirsch, circa 1981-1983.
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
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Anthony Elia leading an Olan Sermons discussion
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]
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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 …
Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City 