Letter from Francis Hayden about Request for "Religious Implications of Extraterrestrial Life" (1966)

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Letter to Moses Feuerstein Suggesting Diplomatic Response to a "Religious Crank" (1962)

Dear Moe (Rabbi Feurstein): Your question as to whether the correspondent of the enclosed material is Jewish can be adequately answered by the printed paragraph on the bottom of his letter. I certainly do not think you ought to give him any letter. He sounds like a religious crank, and if you want to get involved I can suggest more thrilling ways. Perhaps the most diplomatic way would be to notify him that you are only a layman and therefore hesitate to write prayers or otherwise engage in ecclesiastical activity.Thank you for remembering my recommendations concerning Paul Baris. Please let me know when you come to a final decision. I am enclosing some light reading for your entertainment during your Boston to New York trips.Cordially yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMMNL\:ffEncls

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Letter to Ivan Salomon about Request for Sermon Copies (1966)

Dear Mr. Salomon: Mr. Carl Goldschmidt has conveyed to me your request that I send to you copies of my sermons, both past and future. It will, of course, be a pleasure for me to do so. Under separate cover, I am sending to you some spare copies of previously delivered sermons. I have asked my secretary to put your name on my list of those who are to receive copies regularly.I hope that you and Mrs. Salomon are both well and continue in good health for many, many years.Cordially yours,Rabbi Norman LammRNL/fz

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Letter to Dr. Neusner about Religions in Antiquity Seminar (1967)

Dear Dr. Neusner: Please accept my thanks for your thoughtfulness in sending me the report on the seminar on "Religions In Antiquity." I found it most stimulating and enlightening. Thanks once again and please remember me when future reports of this kind are available. Sincerely, Rabbi Norman Lamm, RNL/fz

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