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Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City

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  • Digging for Old Treasures

    Posted by allerona97 on March 27, 2023

    “Wisdom in this hour would dictate the recognition that there are virtues and weaknesses in both positions [conservative and liberal]…  The truth is that we need both views for a healthy moral experience.” In order …

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  • A Time to Speak

    Posted by allerona97 on March 20, 2023

    “Modern clergymen are paid by the laymen. They are in the almost ridiculous position of taking a salary from people whom they are called upon to judge in God’s name.” December 7, 1969 (Pearl Harbor …

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  • Marriages Are Made in Heaven

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on March 13, 2023

    "There is a romantic notion which says that marriages are made in heaven. Certainly not all of them since some marriages seem to have been arranged in hell. The statistics are not very complimentary to heaven."

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  • God’s Promises, Promises!

    Posted by allerona97 on March 6, 2023

    “What shakes religious faith is the disappointment that comes when God fails to keep His promise.” November 23, 1969 What is that promise?  It was very important to Rabbi Olan that the “God faith”, as …

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  • God in a Secular World

    Posted by allerona97 on February 27, 2023February 27, 2023

    “Are we living at the beginning of the end of the God faith?” November 16, 1969 In 1969, the evidence suggested to Rabbi Olan that this might be the case.  And he wasn’t just talking …

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  • Modern Man’s Search for Himself

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on February 20, 2023February 19, 2023

    “There is so much happening in our age which compels us to ask ‘But where in the world am I?’” On November 9, 1969, Rabbi Olan voiced his concerns about the loss of self in …

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  • Get Yourself a Good Heart

    Posted by allerona97 on February 13, 2023February 12, 2023

    As we read Rabbi Olan’s sermons every week, we notice a question which frequently comes to the fore:  What do you think is the good [we should] cherish most?  In other words, what is most …

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  • The Christian-Jewish Encounter

    Posted by allerona97 on February 6, 2023February 6, 2023

    “The history of religion presents a sorry spectacle.” October 26, 1969 In addressing what he called the Christian-Jewish encounter in 1969, Rabbi Olan walked a fine line between righteous indignation and even-handedness.  On the one …

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  • One Way To Deal With Death

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on January 30, 2023January 28, 2023

    “When it comes to the matter of death, none of us are either wise or confident. In a profound sense death appears to make a mockery of life.” Death is a topic that both interests …

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  • Religion–The Experience of Life’s Wholeness

    Posted by allerona97 on January 22, 2023

    “Men and women today live in an imbalance.  Our emphasis is upon the practical, the rational, the logical.  We are alien to the world which can be known only by experience, by feeling….  There is …

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