Letter to Dr. Jack Goldman about Advocacy for Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1973)

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Letter Advocating for Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1972)

Dear David: I’d like to invite you to join me in a dvar mitzvah – and one that is urgent and pikuach nefesh. The enclosed letter is one I received from a Russian Jew who spent 27 years in Siberia, and is now trying to get his son, daughter-in-law, and granddaughter out of Russia. The letter is self-explanatory. We have to help, and I’d like it to be done as soon as humanly possible if we’re to be of any assistance. First, call Western Union or RCA and send off the following telegram (a night-letter os cheapest) to: 1. Ambassador Dobrynin, USSR Embassy, Washington DC; and 2. Minister of Interior, Moscow, USSR JUSTICE AND DECENCY DEMAND PERMISSION FOR DR. BENJAMIN SCHAPIRA AND FAMILY OF BELGOROD OBLASTNOI TO BE REUNITED WITH THEIR FAMILY IN ISRAEL. URGENTLY IMPLORE YOUR INTERCESSION. PROF. NORMAN LAMM Ask the telegram people to send you copies of the cables as soon as possible.

Soviet Jewry

Letter to R. Klaperman about Advocacy for Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1972)

Dear Gil: The enclosed speaks for itself. I thought your organization would be interested, especially since Rabbi Schapira, the father, specifically requested that I contact the N.Y. group dealing with Soviet Jewry to intercede on behalf of his son. All best wishes, Cordially, Rabbi Norman Lamm

Soviet Jewry

Letter to Jerry Goodman about Advocacy for Dr. Schapira's Emigration from Soviet Russia (1972)

Dear Mr. Goodman: I have been in contact with Rabbi Joseph Schapira from Tel Aviv whose son is a chemist in Belgorod. I have written to authorities both in the Soviet Union and Washington and to the United Nations in an attempt to help him and his family emigrate to Israel. I wrote to Rabbi Klaperman of the New York Conference for Soviet Jewry a number of times, but received no answer. The father pleads with me to plead with you to mention his son’s name as often as possible in the hope that this pressure will help his son. Please be kind enough to acknowledge this letter and let me have copies of any correspondence or new releases so that I can mail it to the father. If you wish, you may write to him directly at: Rabbi Joseph Schapira, Neve Sharet 92/5 in Tel Aviv, Israel.Cordially,Rabbi Norman LammNL:cwEnc'd son's address.

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