This is our 100th blog post!
Thanks for being part of our reader community! Since April 2018 it has been our privilege to present weekly introductions to the writings of Rabbi Levi A. Olan and occasional quotation and image postings.
May the legacy of “The Conscience of the City” continue to inspire us to work together, building a better world for all.
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100th Blog Post!
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First Anniversary Notes
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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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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Levi A. Olan papers
The Jacob Rader Marcus Center of the American Jewish Archives, Cincinnati, Ohio, is the official repository of Rabbi Olan’s papers. A description of the collection may be accessed through this link.
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Read, Listen, or Watch
The Bridwell Library database of Olan sermons includes 211 audio recordings. The picture above shows boxes of original sermon tapes in the archives. The tapes were digitized in 2012 by the Norwick Center for Digital …
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Bridwell Library Archival Collection on Rabbi Levi A. Olan
Rabbi Olan had a small study space at Bridwell Library for many years. While he donated most of his professional papers to Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion, Cincinnati, Olan left some publications, copies of …
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Welcome!
The mission of this blog is to stimulate interest in the deeply perceptive and still-relevant teachings of Levi A. Olan (1903-1984) by sharing from the Levi A. Olan Sermons and Images at Bridwell Library Digital Collection. The title "Conscience of the City" was applied to Rabbi Olan by a Fortune magazine reporter in 1964. Although Olan's city was Dallas, his thought transcends locality. Our goal is to...
Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City 