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Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City

Rabbi Levi A. Olan: The Conscience of the City

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  • What Do You Want From God?

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on February 5, 2022February 5, 2022

    “If we could meet God, we might ask Him the same question which Jeremiah put to Him. Why do the righteous suffer and why do the wicked prosper?” It is not an uncommon thought that …

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  • Some Things Are Not for Sale

    Posted by allerona97 on January 31, 2022January 30, 2022

    “Maybe we should add an eleventh commandment—‘love thyself.’” In this sermon delivered on December 17, 1967, Rabbi Olan is concerned with the effects of mass market consumer culture on personal integrity.  According to Rabbi Olan, …

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  • Marrying Someone of Another Faith

    Posted by allerona97 on January 24, 2022January 23, 2022

    “Neither shalt thou make marriage with them… so will the anger of thy Lord be kindled against you, and He will destroy thee quickly.” Deuteronomy 7:3-4 Thus the Book of Deuteronomy answers the question of …

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  • Laughing at God

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on January 18, 2022

    “We always have a great need for a faith which tells us that the impossible is possible.” Miracles were the topic of Rabbi Olan’s December 3, 1967 radio sermon. The “Laughing at God” title is …

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  • Youthful Rebellion Against the Old Morality

    Posted by allerona97 on January 10, 2022January 9, 2022

    “A generation goes and a generation comes.” Rabbi Olan starts this sermon, delivered November 26, 1967, with the observation that “the world… is in constant evolution.  Nothing stands still.”  That makes youthful rebellion expectable, even …

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  • Losing Faith in Human Nature

    Posted by allerona97 on January 4, 2022

    “It is not too difficult to sympathize with God as He looks upon men* acting selfishly, deceitfully, in pride, with cruelty, and always with indifference. That He should conclude to wipe out the experiment and …

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  • The Just and the Unjust War

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on December 27, 2021December 27, 2021

    “…honest men must speak and speak loudly when a crucial moral issue is at stake.” If today’s deeply divided national outlook concerns you, it should. If you think that the rigid polarization of the United …

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  • The Scoffer Among Us

    Posted by allerona97 on December 20, 2021December 20, 2021

    “Happy is the man who… does not sit in the seat of the scornful.”  Psalms 1.1 In this sermon of November 5, 1967, Rabbi Olan contrasts the stance of scoffing at all morality and faith …

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  • The Uncertainties of Life

    Posted by allerona97 on December 13, 2021December 13, 2021

    “If the world is just a machine which is bereft of purpose and meaning, then what can there be except terror, hopelessness, and defeat?” In this sermon of October 29, 1967, Rabbi Olan returns to …

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  • Remembering That Heals

    Posted by conscienceofthecity on December 6, 2021

    “For those who love, there is no escape from grief.” On October 22, 1967 Rabbi Olan spoke to his radio audience about a difficult topic: the inevitability of loss and the helpful role that grieving …

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