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February 1959

Exchange with R. Bernhard about Disseminating Mixed Pews Lecture (1959)

Separate Pews

1. R. Bernhard to R. Schonfeld

1. R. Bernhard to R. Schonfeld (Feb. 9, 1959)

1. R. Bernhard to R. Schonfeld (Feb. 9, 1959)

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Dear Rabbi Lamm: I have just completed reading your excellent article in Tradition, and I want to compliment you on the very fine presentation of a very difficult problem. I would suggest that the Union of Orthodox Jewish Congregations reprint this article in brochure form and make it available to its affiliated congregations, as well as the public. I consider this one of the finest expositions on the problem of mixed pews. At the same time, I want to compliment you on the high standard of scholarship and the varied material that appears in TRADITION. With best personal wishes, I remain, Sincerely, Rabbi Myer J. Strassfeld
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Letter to R. Newman Attached to Copy of Mixed Pews Lecture (1958)

My dear Rabbi Newman: Upon the advice of Rabbi Leo Jung of the Jewish Center of New York, I am sending you enclosed a copy of my talk, "Separate Pews – A Mark of Jewish Dignity." I hope it can be of some assistance to you and our fellow-Jews in South Africa. If any references are made to it in any printed matter, or if by chance the article should be reprinted in whole or in part, please be kind enough to make available to me several copies of the same.With best wishes once again,Sincerely yours,Rabbi Norman Lamm
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