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Future bloggers
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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Not free not to give
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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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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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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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An anecdote
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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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Despairing men [and women]
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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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