Exchange with Judge Goldstein about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency and Childhood Memories (1976)

1. Judge Goldstein to R. Lamm (Aug. 10, 1976)

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Exchange with Judge Alvin Hellerstein about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

Dear Rabbi Lamm, Your congregants could have much simplified the task of Yeshiva's search committee. Indeed, as far as we were concerned there was no need for a committee, for in the end they would have had to, as they did, come to the choice that was inevitable from the beginning. I am glad that a larger community can now be moved by your ideas and inspired by your leadership. Notwithstanding the heavy responsibilities you will have as president of Yeshiva University, I hope that you will still find the time to share your scholarship and your thoughts with us to whatever degree possible, in sermons and especially in the Saturday afternoon series that so many of us enjoyed. Sincerely, Alvin K. Hellerstein

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Exchange with Judge Rosenberg about R. Lamm's Appointment to YU Presidency (1976)

Dear Dr. Lamm: My very sincere congratulations to you and to the yeshiva's Board of Trustees for your election to the new post as President of Yeshiva University. I didn't have to read about you in the "New York Times" to know of the very strong possibility of your obtaining this position since I have been following your career. Besides, it has been rumored to me for some time that you would be the likely candidate. As you must know, the late Dr. Samuel Belkin was a good friend of mine. He honored me with an honorary degree from Yeshiva University and at last year's commencement, he further honored me by permitting me to drape Professor Freund of Harvard University. With all this background and that of my own in higher education, I am particularly happy and proud that you will head this great University which has done so much for Orthodox Judaism. I wish you continued success and health and happiness for you and yours in the future. With warm regards. Cordially, Judge Lawrence M. Rosenberg

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

Congratulations on your election to the presidency of the greatest Torah institution in Diaspora, the Yeshiva University. I pray for your success in leading this great center of Halacha, Judaism, and science to become the spiritual source of Jewish life to tens of thousands of our young people whose life will be devoted to Torah concepts, thus assuring survival of future generations.I particularly would ask you to institute a policy that every student must spend one year in Israel in order to absorb the atmosphere of our holy land before their graduation.With blessings from Zion, Shlomo Goren Chief Rabbi of Israel

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