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

1. Dr. Sapir to R. Lamm (Aug. 18, 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. 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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Exchange with Dr. Siegel about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

Dear Norman: I read this morning of your appointment. Mazel tov. Yeshiva University chose well. I hope you have great hatslacha in your new post. It is a great responsibility; a great honor; and a great challenge. I know you will do brilliantly. בידידות, Sey Siegel

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