Letter from Martin Schwarzschild to Max Stern with Report on Soviet Jewry Efforts (1974)

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Letter to Max Stern about Scholarships to Stern College for Soviet Immigrants (1973)

Dear Mr. Stern: In accordance with your suggestion I today called Dean Mirsky and asked him to arrange for the two Russian girls to be permitted to attend Stern College, pending your handling of the matter. The two young ladies are [redacted] and [redacted]. It took a great deal of effort to persuade them to enrol in the College, but they were accepted on their own merits. We have been able to arrange with a private foundation to pay up to $700 for each student. This money will be forthcoming towards the end of the first semester. I am deeply grateful to you, as are my associates in this effort and the girls themselves for your generous assistance. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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Letter from Martin Schwarzschild to Max Stern about NYANA and Soviet Jewry Integration (1974)

Dear Mr. Stern: Somehow, there appears to be a misunderstanding. My purpose in approaching UJA was single minded, namely to have them investigate NYANA and if they find that my suggestions bear merit, do something about it – and fast. Although NYANA does not like volunteers, and their employment supervisor has stated so publicly – my purpose certainly was not to work out an approach towards proper use of volunteers. If this comes about as a by-product of a NYANA reorganization, all well and good, but the reorganization is a paramount must of the U.J.A. As I indicated to you Monday night, things are not getting better, rather the other way. How much longer the whole affair can be kept from the press – with so many unhappy Russians here and so many New York Jews aware of that – is something I no longer wish to predict. Hope to see you again soon – at more happy affairs – looking as well as you and Mrs. Stern did. Sincerely, Martin Schwarzschild

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