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Apr. 17, 1963

Letter to Dr. Weiss about Defamations and Indian Jewry (1963)

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Dear Dr. Weiss: Enclosed please find the rather lengthy letter from Jhirad plus the announcement from the World Council of Synagogues. It will be worth your while reading through it. After you have made copies, please return them to me, because I have not yet answered Jhirad. As a matter of fact, I would very much like to meet with you so that this kind of correspondence can be better centralized. Sincerely, Rabbi Norman Lamm.
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Dear Abraham: I have just received your letter of April 12th and the material it contained concerning the developing controversy about the rabbis expected in Israel. Let me state at the very outset that, even more than unspeakable treachery of this deformations are incredibly ignoble, I am pleased and proud at the way you and Mr. Penkar have stood up to the occasion with dignity and self respect. The two of you and the entire Executive Committee of the U.O.J.C.I. deserve our felicitations for your statesmanlike behavior. We want to digest the material you sent us and survey the situation as comprehensibly and quickly as possible. As soon as that is done you will be hearing from Or. Weiss. Meanwhile, keep up the good work and do not let your spirit fall. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm
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Letter from Dr. Weiss to Max Stern about R. Gotthold's Report on Indian Jewry (1963)

Enclosed please find a copy of Rabbi Gotthold's report, received this morning, together with the copies of pertaining press statements and correspondence which he enclosed. Rabbi Gotthold's reference to our failing him in London is unfortunate. Here, for your information, are the facts: The first we heard of Rabbi Gotthold's presence in London was through a wire we received on Wednesday, May 22nd in which he informed us that he is departing on Sunday, May 26th for Bombay and in which he requested $1,000. After consultation with your good self and Rabbi Lamm, I replied by wire that he should call Rabbi Lamm collect on Thursday morning, May 23rd, in view of information received that public protests were planned for his arrival. Rabbi Gotthold did not phone as requested. Thereupon, I sent a second wire on Thursday recommending that he proceed only after phone consultation with Dr. Wahrhaftig whom we also informed by wire of the situation. The wire concluded as follows: "PLEASE WIRE IMMEDIATELY DECISION REACHED WILL THEN CABLE FUNDS." On Friday, May 24th, Rabbi Gotthold phoned Rabbi Lamm and informed him that he had decided to proceed to Bombay. Accordingly, we immediately cabled $1,000 to Rabbi Gotthold. I can see no failure in this procedure. It appears to me from Rabbi Gotthold's report that it was known to him while still in London that Rabbi Kushelevsky would not come to India. In any event, he did not inform us until now about his efforts to obtain in Europe a non-Israeli rabbi to join him in India.Dear Rabbi Weiss, Herewith I confirm our telephone conversation of last night and the receipt of your cable of July 11, signed by Max Stern. At present, I have no time to enter into argumentation and I rely on your commitment that I shall not be left stranded again without funds as was the case when you failed me in London. As I told you on the phone, I assumed that you are receiving reports about my activities here from your Local Executive Secretary, Mr. Jhirad. I sh…
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