Exchange with Samuel Brenglass about R. Lamm's Appointments to JCRC and NCRAC Committee on Interreligious Activities (1962)

1. Samuel Brenglass to R. Lamm (Dec. 13, 1962)

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Dear Abe: I just received a note from Samuel Brennglass informing me that upon your recommendation I had been appointed to the Joint Communal Relations Commission and to the Committee on Interreligious Activities of NCRAC. Thank you for your confidence, and I hope to do the best I can. Sincerely, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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