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Jan. 16, 1974

Letter from Hans Bachrach about Expenditures for Counterpoint Australia (1974)

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Letter from Hans Bachrach to Abraham Stern about Counterpoint Australia Travel Expenses (1974)

Dear Abe, I appreciate receipt of the two letters from Rabbi Lamm and his statement, for which I will thank him directly. Today I would like to advise that regarding travel arrangements, money may be saved by students traveling on our ticket, not together to one direction from the West Coast, but directly to their varied destinations, and travel proceed to Honolulu on Sunday, 23rd June. In this way no internal money expenses will be incurred by the Counsellors and Faculty and a lot of money will be saved by Yeshiva.As soon as I have confirmation of this and your travel wishes, I would exceedingly like to go ahead and make the bookings, particularly as some hotels are difficult to get for so large a group.As I have not received a reply from Rabbi Mandel from New Zealand, I today sent a copy of this letter to the Rabbi in Auckland to ascertain if his help can be enlisted.For your own information, I enclose a copy of Mr. Schruhm's statement. You will see copies of my letters to Mr. Nagley and Zeev Amit. From the letter you may have a number of copies that, depending on the size of the student seminar in Sydney, we may have other activities, particularly since possibly only 30-50 students may be attending, of Faculty and Madrichim available during that weekend.Bert Monde is now Chairman of the Education Committee of the Board of Deputies American and has arranged that the Board will tender a welcome to our visitors on Thursday, 27th June. This function will serve to meet leaders of the community as well as their partners from Australia.Kind regards,
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Letter from Hans Bachrach about Brochures and Financial Negotiations for Counterpoint Australia (1974)

Dear Rabbi Dr. Lamm, I delayed despatching my letter of 25th March to re-write it, but it gives me great pleasure to acknowledge receipt of your article for the newspaper. I have taken steps to see that it will be published in Sydney, and Mrs. Werdiger will take it up and see that it will be published here. I have great pleasure in sending you, under separate cover, the first brochure which we have produced. It was a very rushed job, but our second brochure for the next seminar should show some improvements.Meanwhile, I hope I am forgiven for shortening your recommendation in this brochure.Would it be possible for you to realise the dream expressed in the last paragraph and visit us again in Australia this year?We hope that you, Mindy and the children will have enjoyed a lovely Seder, once more.Yours,\[Signature]HB\:jp---25th March, 1974Rabbi Dr. N. LammThe Jewish Center131 West 86th StreetNew York, N.Y. 10024Dear Rabbi Dr. Lamm,I just received Abe's letters of 13th and 18th March and we are definitely making progress. I also snatched some hours to copy Rabbi Apple’s tapes and hope to send them to you still this week.May I digress for a minute and refer to a theme developed by you, suggesting that when we are introducing speakers we should not so much refer to their profession or activities, but develop a sensitivity to the human being as we meet him or her.Now, in the past, it has been my custom to say a couple of words when introducing friends and acquaintances, and I felt that to know something of their activities and past achievements may be a great help in developing a contact between those people who make an acquaintance for the first time. If I understood the words on the tape correctly, you do not seem to be in favour of this, but on the other hand, I may have misunderstood you and therefore I raise this point.Whilst the seminars are taking shape, I will have to consider individual or series of lectures which some of our American visitors may want to give t…
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Letter from Hans Bachrach about Spending for Counterpoint Australia (1974)

Dear Rabbi Lamm, Please find enclosed a copy of the letter written today to Hillel Davis. I was pleased to hear from him on the phone that Dr. Stern is continuing his work, even though I do not know anything about the basis which he has adopted. Regarding New Zealand, I enclose copies of correspondence exchanged, which is self‑explanatory. Arnold Roth is there personally at the moment, and unless something comes up from there, I guess I will have to add US$150.00 spending money for each and every one (except the Frankies). We are very excited here about the forthcoming arrival of our friends.Hoping that you enjoyed a very good yom tov with the family, I remain,Sincerely yours,H. A. Bachrach---Letter to Mr. Mandel (excerpt)It was a pleasure to talk to you last night and to advise you that following Rabbi Lamm’s visit we will be very lucky to have a group of Yeshiva University graduates, Smicha students, and rabbis visiting Australia to hold seminars and give lectures.An invitation is extended to Jewish youth of New Zealand, up to and including university students, to participate in the months of July and August. The group could arrive in Wellington or Auckland on approximately the 14th or 15th, and in return for seminars or lectures, I would require that hospitality and sightseeing be arranged for them. In particular, I would like them to see the Waitomo Caves and Rotorua.Though we realize the logistic challenges, since you have no transport costs to and from New Zealand and no need to pay honorariums, the offer should prove viable for your community. Australian Jewish News will publish articles in advance to provide publicity.Kind regards,H. A. Bachrach---Response from Wellington Hebrew Congregation (16 April 1974)Your letter of 20 March sent to Rabbi Rosenfeld has been discussed. While we appreciate the tremendous impact Rabbi Lamm made in Australia, we are not in a financial position to host a group of 10–15 visitors. We are undertaking a major rebuilding scheme …
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