Letter to Assemblyman Blumenthal Petitioning Removal of Limit on Life Insurance Policies (1974)

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Letter to Dr. Muni Baumol about Erecting Statue for Governor Rockefeller (1966)

Dear Mr. Baumol: Thank you very much for your recent letter soliciting my assistance in erecting a statue to Governor Rockefeller. I read the letter with the greatest of interest. I quite agree with its contents, but do not think that you go nearly far enough. I would like to recommend that the statue have in front of it a place where the devout can genuflect, and also a golden calf about which those who share the same financial religion with the Governor may dance and carry on. Additionally, there should be a receptacle for "kvittelelch" by non-observant Jews, who share the Governor’s philosophy of human beings and certain kinds of animals.If the above will be done, and if, in addition, arrangements can be made for the Governor to expire in time for the statue to be set up posthumously before 1968, I shall be glad to participate.Fondest regards.Cordially yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMM

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Fundraising Letter from R. Horowitz (1969)

כבוד ידידי הרב הגדול המפורסם וו״ח או״א פרי תואר זית רונן נטו ושעשועים עמוד החזק וכו' מוה״ר נחום ד״ר לאם שליט״א. אב״ד דק״ק דזואיש סנטואר. אחדשכהדר״ג. הנני לברך את כהדר״ג שליט״א בכתיבה ובחתימה טובה שנה טובה ומתוקה ושמחה וששון ובריאות הגוף השלם, וימלא ה׳ כל משאלות לבבכם לטובה אמן. אביא את תודתו לכהדר״ג שליט״א בעד מה שעשה עבורו לשעבר והנני לבקש מאת כהדר״ג שליט״א להיות לו עזר עכשיו כי ענני בקו הבריאות וכעט אני הולך פעמים בשבוע לרופא

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Letter to Congressman Ryan Lobbying against Bill Regulating Kosher Slaughtering (1972)

Dear Congressman Ryan: I am writing to you in connection with Section (b) of HR-10478, introduced by Congressman Kenneth J. Gray. This bill would in effect mean the end of kosher slaughtering in the United States. Should that dreaded possibility eventuate, it would deprive untold thousands of American families of the Jewish faith of the ability to eat kosher food. We would thus be confronted with the unfortunate choice of radically altering our diets, and becoming vegetarians, or violating sacred principles which our people have maintained for thousands of years. I need not emphasize that this would imply a most serious infringement on our religious liberty as American citizens. The proposed bill, and its implications, have been discussed by me with all members of my congregation, numbering some 800 people, and I have been asked to address this letter to you, on their behalf, and implore you to use your considerable influence to see to it that this bill is not passed. Please do be kind enough to inform me of the results of your efforts. Cordially, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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