Letter to Congressman Ryan Lobbying against Bill Regulating Kosher Slaughtering (1972)

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Letter to R. Holzer about Proposed Legislation to Regulate Shechita (1962)

Dear Manny: The Jewish Center this week sent out requests to the entire membership to write to the Assembly and Senate concerning Shechita legislation, as you will notice in the enclosed sheet. I would like to ask you to do Rabbi Jung and me a favor. A certain Mrs. Wilhelm Schupp, 322 Central Park West, New York 25, N.Y., is a strong proponent of the Conklin Bill. She is, however, an open-minded person (a Jewess married to a liberal Lutheran). She has informed Rabbi Jung that if the merits of the opposition to Conklin can be explained to her, she will be glad to take up the cudgels on our behalf.Both Rabbi Jung and I would be grateful to you if you could contact her and, very briefly, in a personal meeting, explain to her our reasons. If this is impossible, could you mail to her all the relevant material explaining our point of view?My very best to your wife.Sincerely,Rabbi Norman Lammcc: Rabbi Jung

The Rabbinate

Letter to Senator Ohrenstein about Public Hearings Held on Shabbat and Religious Holidays (1965)

Dear Senator Orhenstein: I tried calling you today, but you were busy and I had to leave; hence this letter. It has come to my attention that the Senate Committee on Mental Hygiene, of which you are Chairman, is holding a public hearing on Narcotics in New York State this Saturday, April 24th. I had been under the impression, and still am, that, out of deference to the religious sensitivities of the citizens of the state, public hearings are not held on major religious holidays. Reference to any Jewish calendar will reveal the fact that Saturday, April 24th, is the eighth and last day of Passover, and is hence a major festival for Judaism.I am sure that this must have been an oversight on your part in scheduling the hearing for that date. I do hope that all public hearings scheduled for the future will be so arranged as not to conflict with major festivals of any of the major faiths.If I can be of any assistance in clearing such matters, I will be glad to offer my services.Sincerely yours,NLirfRABBI NORMAN LAMM

Pesach

Follow-up Letter to Ephraim Propp about the Need for Kosher Dining on Upper West Side (1969)

Dear Effie: I am sure that after the Sunday night lecture, you are really a "Free Man." In that case, Effie, you are "free" to pursue the matter I have written to you about several times, namely, the attempt to arrange for appropriate eating facilities for Jews in our neighborhood... Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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