Exchange with R. Karasick about Offer to Chair the OU's Campus and Torah Tour Commission (1967)

1. R. Karasick to R. Lamm (Jan. 13, 1967)

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

Dear Dr. Lamm: It is a pleasure to extend warm congratulations to you on your election to the presidency of Yeshiva University. I know that you will continue Dr. Belkin's great tradition of visionary leadership. As Chancellor of The Jewish Theological Seminary I wish you well on behalf of myself and all those associated with the Seminary. We look forward to ever closer relations between our respective schools. Personally, I welcome the prospect of increased contacts between us. Please feel free to call upon me at any time. I look forward to working with you toward the betterment of American Jewry. My congratulations to Yeshiva University on their great choice of a leader. Sincerely, Gerson D. Cohen

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

Dear Norman, Congratulations on your appointment. This was, of course, bound to come: strange that this time the best man available was elected to our important position. I don’t wish you good-bye, not only because I wish you well personally but also, and mainly, because I wish Yeshiva University – and perhaps I ought to say, Judaism at large – well. I believe it is not belittling the achievements of Dr. Belkin if I say that we have reached a stage at which Y.U. needs a new direction, a comprehensively integrated educational philosophy, and an intellectual, devoted confrontation with the problems of the day. You, belonging to another generation, fully involved in the problematics of the contemporary situation, are able to do the job. Speed and mazal tov. I pray that you have the providence that you need for every success. Sincerely, Eliezer Berkovits.

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

Dear Norman: I was elated to read in the Times of your having been chosen as President of Yeshiva University. As a former classmate of yours from Torah Vodaas, I can only affirm the wisdom of Yeshiva's Board of Trustees in appointing you to this most important position. I have followed your career with great interest and have learned a great deal from your writings. I am certain that Yeshiva will achieve new heights under your dynamic leadership. Mazal Tov on the wonderful achievement. Sincerely yours, Rabbi Samuel Chiel. P.S. – My new secretary is Debbie Robinson, who is a great admirer of yours, and she is going to add her own note.

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