This 1948 photograph of Rabbi Olan with son David and daughter Frances was taken in front of their Worcester, Massachusetts home. Image courtesy of Elizabeth Hirsch.
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Left to right: Elizabeth and Frances, daughters of Rabbi Levi and Sarita Olan, circa 1948. Image courtesy of Elizabeth Olan Hirsch.
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Tim Binkley leading
one of the March, 2019 Olan sermons discussion classes at Temple Emanu-El, Dallas. This lunch-and-learn group met under the leadership of Dr. Morton Prager from 2013 to 2018. In the spring of 2019 SMU Bridwell …
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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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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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1963 photograph of Rabbi Olan with Martin Luther King, Jr.
Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., with, from left to right, H. Rhett James, Rabbi Levi Olan, and J. A. Stanfield, on a visit in Dallas for Dallas County United Poll Tax Rally at the Fair …
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Levi Olan with his sister, Bertha, in 1925
Photograph of Levi Olan with his sister in August of 1925. Bertha Olan (1908-1985) married Jack Cravets. They lived in Rochester, New York, where Bertha served as the librarian at Temple B’rith Kodesh. Image courtesy …
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Levi Olan and his sister, Bertha, in 1942
Image courtesy of Bonnie C. Yankaskas.
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Olan sermon recording tape
Reel-to-reel tape of Rabbi Olan’s sermon “Justice Comes First,” November 19, 1961, as exhibited at Bridwell Library in 2014. Rabbi Olan’s hard-hitting words make even more impact when they are heard being delivered in his …
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Max Olan and Levi Olan, circa 1920.
Photograph of Levi Olan (r) with his father, Max Olan. Image courtesy of Bonnie C. Yankaskas.
