Exchange with Dr. Linn about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

1. Dr. Linn to R. Lamm (Sep. 9, 1976)

1. Dr. Linn to R. Lamm (Sept. 9, 1976)

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Exchange with Dr. Hoenig about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

Dear Norman, שליט"א, I have just obtained the good news of your election to the presidency of YU, and I hasten, as one of your former teachers, to congratulate you on this most significant elevation to the highest American–Jewish academic post. The men who preceded you – Dr. Bernard Revel and Dr. Samuel Belkin זצ״ל – besides their prominent capacities, established international historic recognition as exceptional scholars: Revel in Kapsans and Belkin in Philo. The academic world in particular and Jewry at large will surely look up to you now for your full Torah development and precise educational guidance. Everyone will eagerly await…

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Exchange with Dr. Liebman about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

Dear Norman, I was at the Jewish Center this Shabbos to wish you a personal מזל טוב, but I discovered you were taking your last vacation. I will be at JTS for the next two years. We have an apartment on Broadway & 90th – but it appears that Carole’s ambition to be a congregational spouse is not to be fulfilled. I really wish you all the best. I always felt close to Y.U., even now that you are at the helm, and if there is anything I can do for you – I’ll try my best.

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Exchange with Dr. Rabinowitz about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

לכבוד הרב דר. נחום לם, שלום וברכה! קבל נא את ברכתי לרגל הובערך לנשיא ישיבה אונברסיטי על כל של שלוחותיה. תפקיד רב זה יאפשר לך להפעול את כישוריך הברוכים, ואני תפלה שהשם יהיה בעזרך לכומם מוסד מפואר זה לפי שיבוא עוד יותר בברכות. בכבוד רב, אהרון רבינוביץ

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