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March 19, 1974

Letter from Hillel Davis to Talia Loeberstein about Activities for Counterpoint Seminar (1974)

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Letter to Hans Bachrach about the Hashkafic Makeup of the Counterpoint Australia Seminar (1973)

Dear Hans: It was a pleasure hearing from you again, as well as from Gini and Nurit. Your letter displays the same mood that prevails amongst Jews all over the world—depression, weariness, and a sense of foreboding. I share in it fully, but I do hope that before long we shall have every right to a renewed sense of optimism. I do hope that Gini will regain her health. Of course, I know very little about such matters, but I do not think that acupuncture can be considered a "traumatic" method of treatment. I would try everything if I were you!Dr. Stern is working "full steam ahead," and is in constant consultation with me on it. I prefer that all correspondence proceed between the two of you, even while I am kept aware of the proceedings.Incidentally, while I will tell Dr. Stern the same thing separately, I do think you should make every effort to "seed" the seminar population with both extreme types: those who have virtually no Jewish background, and those who have an intensive Jewish background. Furthermore, I would make every effort to get children from other communities—such as Sydney and including New Zealand—so that the children from Scopus should not feel that seminar is simply a repetition of the Scopus experience.I did not obtain the tapes from Rabbi Appel, and would be extremely grateful to you were you to encourage him to send them to me.Please give my warmest regards to Gini and the children, and to all the wonderful people whom it was my privilege to get to know during July and August.Cordially yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMM
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Letter from Hans Bachrach to Abraham Stern about Counterpoint Australia Programming (1974)

Dear Hillel, My first name is Hans or Abraham, and I guess we will be seeing each other soon. May I take the liberty of addressing you by your first name, and I hope you will do likewise. It was a particular pleasure to receive your handwritten letter from Chicago, where I hope you enjoyed being with your family. Your writing is clear and I hasten to answer your letter. The intensity of the seminars had been previously communicated to me, and we in Australia had all intentions of dividing the three weeks during which Shalom College is available into three parts. However, owing to difficulties with transport and owing to the fact that there may be great objections to Australian youngsters travelling each way for a full day just to spend four days in the seminar atmosphere, I telephoned Dr. Stern and, after submitting the problem to him, he agreed to reducing the number of seminars in the period to two longer ones. This may also be an advantage, as Australians may take longer to be emotionally involved and to work up enthusiasm.Taking into account various representations which I have received, I now wish to confirm to you that the first seminar will be exactly as you envisaged, except that the departure shall be moved to one day later. This will be balanced by the arrival of the next group one day later, giving you a full 48-hour break, which you requested. In addition, we have planned a full day's outing to the Blue Mountains and Jenolan Caves, a round trip of 150–200 miles. We had thought of this taking place at the end of the seminar, but Ruthie Casin suggested that it may be better to break the seminar activities towards the middle. Please give us your advice and guidance.As the second seminar starts a day later, it will have to continue to Sunday, 21st, when there is no morning train but an evening train. This seminar can also be broken by possibly two day outings. A visit to a performance of the Opera for this group will be out because of the Three Weeks. Howev…
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Letter from Hans Bachrach to Abraham Stern about Counterpoint Australia Schedule (1974)

Dear Rabbi and Mrs. Bernan, My wife and I feel remiss not having personally replied to the letter which our friend, Dr. Abe Stern, delivered. However, you will be pleased to hear that, whilst our first inquiries proved negative, one source has been discovered which may yield results. Of course, we are delighted to hear that both of you may be leaving New York a few weeks ahead of the group, and if you could make it so as to arrive earlier than the rest in Australia, I would like to show our gratitude and from there assist you in making a more leisurely start.We suggest the following possible routes:(a) Tel Aviv / Singapore / Jakarta to Melbourne, or(b) Tel Aviv / Hong Kong / Jakarta to Melbourne, or(c) London / Tokyo / Taiwan / Hong Kong to Melbourne.On such a routing, you will be able to make one official stop for a few days, whilst the other stops are technical to make connecting flights. We shall try to see, if possible, that you have 12–24 hours at each place.My wife and I would be delighted to have you stay at our house, and we would be happy having you with us at the centre of Melbourne Jewish activities!Please convey our warmest regards. We look forward to seeing you soon.Yours sincerely,
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