Letter to Elie Wiesel about Russian Integration in the Sephardic Ahi Ezer Yeshiva (1976)

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Letter to R. Chaim Segal about Mesivta of Crown Heights Hosting Student Speaker Who Visited Soviet Jews (1969)

Dear Rabbi Segal: A number of students just returned from the Soviet Union report remarkable experiences during last month's festivals. The sum total of their testimony suggests the dramatic conclusion that during the past year or so one of the most decisive expansions of Jewish feeling in history has taken place among young Soviet Jews. Many are making great sacrifices to affirm their Jewishness and to express their protest to the world.I would urge that this extraordinary phenomenon be communicated as soon as possible to your students, perhaps at a School Assembly. Among the eyewitnesses, there is one — a Brooklyn Yeshiva graduate — who is a particularly effective speaker. Listening to him will be a significant experience for staff and students alike.I am sure you will agree that such an encounter will inspire the students with renewed enthusiasm and commitment to the cause. Because the struggle is a long and complicated one, there is a special need to overcome an understandable weariness.For further details, please call Jacob Birnbaum, National Director of the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry, at 799-8900 any afternoon. Arrangements should be made at an early time as the young man in question is being rapidly booked.Sincerely yours,RABBI NORMAN LAM

Soviet Jewry

Letter to Dr. Ginsberg about Assisting in Integration of Soviet Migrant (1974)

Dear Professor Ginsberg: I am pleased to send you enclosed some documents relating to [redacted] and about whom I spoke to you this afternoon. I have met [redacted] and found him to be a most pleasant and presentable person. Some dear friends of mine know him personally and can vouch for his integrity. Anything that you can possibly do to help him would be most deeply appreciated. Thank you very much. Cordially, Rabbi Norman Lamm

Soviet Jewry

Letter to Dr. Morgenthau about Assisting in Integration of Soviet Migrant (1974)

Dear Professor Morgenthau: I have been trying to reach you for several days by telephone, but with complete lack of success. I was trying to verify whether or not you are associated with an organization that assists émigrés from the Soviet Union. On the possibility that you do, permit me to refer to you [redacted]. I have met him and he makes an excellent impression as a decent, presentable, and honorable man. I take the privilege of sending you some material about him, in the hope that somehow you will be able to be of assistance.Should you not be able to do so, you need not bother to return the enclosed material.Cordially,RABBI NORMAN LAMMNL\:cw

Soviet Jewry