Letter to Cantor Hendler and Mr. Julius about Informing Rabbis of Illnesses in Congregation (1961)

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Letter to R. Rabinowitz about Guest Lecturing at The Jewish Center (1961)

My dear Rabbi Rabinowitz: I am delighted to learn that you will be visiting in New York from December 25 to January 18. At present I have no plans to be out of town during that time and do hope to have the pleasure of welcoming you and visiting with you during your stay with your sister-in-law and brother-in-law. On behalf of Rabbi Jung and myself I would like to extend to you an invitation to preach from the pulpit of the Jewish Center on Saturday, January 7. It will be an honor and pleasure for our congregation to hear you at that time.With all good wishes,Respectfully,Rabbi Norman Lamm

The Jewish Center

Letter from R. Lamm and R. Jung to Jewish Center Membership Requesting Stronger Minyan Attendance (1964)

Dear Friend: Needless to say, the maintenance of a regular minyan, both morning and evening throughout the year without fail, is one of the most important functions of any synagogue. Certainly, The Jewish Center is proud of its record in conducting services uninterruptedly every day of the year. At this time of the year, however, and at certain other times such as the summer, we do experience occasional difficulty in obtaining the necessary quorum for services. It does not befit the reputation of our synagogue to have to engage outsiders to complete the minyan. The Jewish Center must be able to count on its own people to fulfill their obligations towards G-d, towards "tefillah be'tzibbur" (public worship), and towards the Center itself by attending regular weekday services. We would therefore like to call upon every member of The Jewish Center to volunteer to attend our morning services (Sundays at 8:00 A.M., weekdays at 7:15 A.m.), for two one-week periods in the course of the year. Only in that manner, we feel, will we be able to do justice to our cause. Enclosed please find a postal card upon which please be good enough to indicate the two weeks of the year when you will volunteer for "Jewry Duty." Our office will remind you in advance of these times. Cordially yours, Rabbi Leo Jung Rabbi Norman Lamm

The Jewish Center

Letter to Dr. Marvin Schick about the Welfare of Jewish West Side Tenants (1972)

Dear Marvin: It was a pleasure seeing you at the “Sukkah in the Sky” a couple of weeks ago. I assume that with the closing of the holidays, both of us have come down to earth. Permit me to burden you with a request for information which you may be in a position to obtain for me. There is a good deal of housing going up in the area just north of my synagogue. I am anxious to contact Jewish residents both for purposes of “schooling” and “shooling.” The Housing and Development Administration sent me the Directory of Publicly Aided Housing Developments, but that does not contain a list of names of tenants. Hence, two questions: 1. Is such a list of names available so that we might pick out the Jewish names? 2. Does the city have any lists of specifically Jewish tenants? Do be good enough to let me hear from you, and best regards. Cordially, Rabbi Norman Lamm

The Jewish Center