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May 1967

Exchange with Dr. Marvin Schick about "The Case Against Dialogue" and Orthodox Participation in the Boston Conference (1967)

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1. Dr. Marvin Schick to R. Lamm

1. Dr. Marvin Schick to R. Lamm (May 4, 1967)

1. Dr. Marvin Schick to R. Lamm (May 4, 1967)

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Dear Rabbi, I would like to have you know that I read your article last night in the Bnai Brith magazine on the Dialogue and agree with you so heartily that I feel that I should let you know my feelings. What annoys me particularly as does you, in the fact that our German Jews like Judge Proskauer either through ignorance or deliberately are arisen and ready to give the Gentile world credit for the five moral teachings which out Prophets gave to the world.Its the old story of Shtadlanut when we have to constantly battle again.May you have the strength and vigor to take up the good fight for many years.I am with kindest regards,Sincerely,Max BorgenichtP.S. I am sure you won't mind my calling Rabbi Alan Miller's attention to your article.
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Dear Rabbi Lamm, Congratulations upon your excellent article in the National Jewish Monthly. Your analysis of the declaration in particular was absolutely masterful. You will, of course, receive all sorts of letters condemning you as unfriendly and medieval, but I’m sure you can bear up quite nicely. The article was absolutely splendid, and I hope it gets the wide readership it so richly deserves. Sincerely, Howard Singer
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Dear Norman: During the last few years I have been tormented by this disease of "ecumenicalism." It is not nice to say it, at least not in writing, but I believe Pope John XXIII is more dangerous to us than Pius XII. To some crawling Jewish "leaders" any goy who is not an Eichmann, automatically becomes a saint. You can imagine how embarrassing it was for me to listen to Mowchowitz's Mai-Yofis remarks in tribute to John XXIII when he appeared on television, Sunday, April 11th with Father Flannery whose unfriendly attitude toward Jews was pointed out by Dr. Trude Rosmarin in her review of the latter’s "The Anguish of the Jews."It was therefore very refreshing to reread your brilliant analysis of this "dialogue" obsession. I am grateful to you for unburdening me of a heavy heart. You expressed what I have felt for so long. In fact, I couldn't resist reading aloud some of the striking paragraphs to my secretary.It is pathetic that "in 1967 – Auschwitz – plus 26 –" Jewish scholars and thinkers of your caliber should have to engage at all in a discussion against this ״dialogue" calamity. What will future historians think of this generation? Never was there a time in our history when the most ignorant had the chutzpah to dare to represent the Jewish religion, and in open confrontation with Christian leaders. All this in order to make headlines!In my opinion, this is the most serious problem we are facing. It is interesting that these same Jewish clergymen who have broken down the Mechitzah in the Synagogue venture now to a more ambitious task: the removal of the Mechitzah between the victims of Auschwitz and those most responsible for it. This thing is too important to allow it to rest upon an article by you or Rabbi Soloveitchik. I believe an international Jewish congress should be convened on this matter where our most articulate people could be heard. It should be known to the world that none of these nubile relations establishments reflects in any way our thinking, a…
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