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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1963 photograph of Rabbi Olan with Martin Luther King, Jr.
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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.
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Bertha Olan and Levi Olan, circa 1910
Levi Olan was born in the Ukraine. His younger sister, Bertha, was born in Rochester, New York. Image courtesy of Bonnie C. Yankaskas.
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Levi Olan at his bar mitzvah, 1916
Image courtesy of Bonnie C. Yankaskas.
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Young Levi Olan, circa 1908
Note the teddy bear in his pocket! Image courtesy of Bonnie C. Yankaskas.
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McDonald Observatory plaque
April 8, 2018: Tim standing next to a plaque noting Rabbi Olan’s leadership as a University of Texas Regent. McDonald Observatory, Fort Davis, Texas.
