Letter from Victor Geller to Max Brown about Speaking Arrangement in Oakland, California (1959)

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Letter to Jerome Kelman about Planned Lecture Series in Detroit (1960)

Dear Jerry: Thank you for your letter and expeditious reply. I deeply appreciate your efficiency in making the proper preparations as I had requested. Enclosed you will find a biographical summary giving you the pertinent data. I hope you will be discriminating in choosing only the appropriate information. I do not know if it is wise to announce the title of my talk, but if you and your committee desire one you may use the following: ”Fashioning a Future for Orthodoxy."It is quite all right to take care of all monetary matters when I get to Detroit.I have been requested by Mr. Baruch Litvin and some of the local rabbis to spend some time with them on Monday morning. I have therefore revised my schedule as follows:Sunday, May 15 – American Flight 337Leaving LaGuardia at 3:15 P.M.Arriving Detroit 4:10 P.M. (your time)Monday, May 16 – American Flight 338Leaving Detroit at 3:10 P.M.Arriving LaGuardia at 5:55 P.M. (D.S.T.)I want to close with my very best regards to your mother and wife. I look forward to seeing you all the weekend of May 15.Sincerely,Rabbi Norman Lamm

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Letter to Abraham Butler about Lecture to the Hillel Men's Club in Pittsburgh (1961)

Dear Mr. Butler: It has been arranged for Rabbi Lamm to address the Hillel Men's Club in Pittsburgh on Monday, May 29. We do not have any cuts, but are enclosing biographical summary and two glossy photographs of Rabbi Lamm to help you in publicizing the meeting and Rabbi Lamm's lecture. Sincerely, Secretary to Rabbi Lamm

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Letter to Ellen Offenbacher about Her Speech at Affair for R. Rabinowitz (1966)

Dear Ellen: Mindy and I want to thank you for letting us see the enclosed copy of your talk at the affair for Rabbi Rabinowitz. It is really a masterpiece! I think it is something he will treasure for a long, long time to come. It reflects upon a great deal of work that was put into it by someone who is not only highly talented, but utterly convinced of the encomia she is bestowing upon the guest of honor. Congratulations again, and all our best wishes. Incidentally, I quite sincerely appreciate your kind remarks about my Halakhic discourse on Shabbat Ha-Gedal.My fondest regards to your parents,Cordially yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMMNL/leEnc.

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