Letter from Yehoshua Schachter about Donation to Institute for Judaism and Contemporary Thought (1973)

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Letter from R. Gifter Fundraising for Telshe Yeshiva (1969)

מע״כ ידידי הרה״ג ר׳ נ. דר. לאם נ״י, שלום וברכה! אפנה לזה לידידי אישית ותקותי שלא ישיב פני ריקם. גם השנה יש לנו מספר תלמידים עניים וחוסרי אמצעים, אבל מצוינים גדולים בתורה, הצריכים לעזרה למאן יוכלו לקבל חופשה הבראה בעונה בין הזמנים בקביעה סדרי לימוד כרגיל. צריכים כאלה אינם בכלל תקציב הישיבה, ולכן הוכרחתי לקבל הדבר על עצמי כתוב אישי. כדי לאסוף סכום של ח״י מאות דולר, עלי, לבד תרומתי האישית, לפנות ממספר מצומצם של ידידי ולבקשם להיות לי לעזר בענין גדול זה.

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Letter from Yehoshua Schachter to Ludwig Jesselson about Fundraising for Bar-Ilan Summer Institute (1973)

Dear Mr. Jesselson: I hope you will not take it amiss if I take the liberty of replying to your letter to Prof. Fisch. This year we are together responsible for the financing of the Summer Institute. We have, of course, been counting on the confirmation of your support and the withdrawal of such a significant donation at this stage will make it hard for us to meet our obligations for which we carry the responsibility. But your letter has been, most of all, a moral blow. The experience of the last few years shows that we are on the right road. Let me cite just one fact to back this up: this year Prof. Ephraim Katchalsky and Rabbi Adin Steinsalz have joined our group of founding members, and Elie Wiesel will address the opening session of our Summer Institute. One could hardly find three personalities more different in background and outlook. Still, they have found with us a meeting-ground in their common concern for Jewish values and in their conviction that through serious confrontation with modern thought Judaism can be made a living instrument, not only for its own sake but also for the good of mankind as a whole.I cannot believe that you of all people will wish to disassociate yourself from our work, and I do hope you will kindly reconsider the matter. This would mean a great deal to all of us.I take this opportunity of sending to you and Mrs. Jesselson, as well as to your family, my warmest wishes for the coming Pessah Holidays.With best regards,Yours very sincerely,Prof. Y. Schachter.YS/vescc: Prof. H. Fisch.

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Letter from R. Rose about R. Lamm's Donation to Yeshivat D'var Jerusalem (1974)

Dear Rabbi Lamm, With further reference to our recent meeting, I wish to remind you about your generous past contribution of $225 (also a $15 donation) received towards the end of 1972. We certainly hope that it will be possible for you to again arrange such a donation, which can be sent to our above listed Brooklyn office. With best regards, I remain, Sincerely yours, Rabbi M. Rose

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