Letter to R. Jakobovits about Fee for Senator Javits' Speech at Springfield Hebrew Day School Dinner (1963)

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Exchange with Isaac Koenigsberg about Senator Javits' Contribution to Springfield Hebrew Day School (1963)

Dear Mr. Koenigsberg: After having troubled you with the request of the Springfield Hebrew Day School of Springfield, Mass. to approach Senator Javits, and after having shared with you some of the initially unpleasant reactions by people associated with the Senator, I think it no more than right to inform you of good news as well. Senator Javits spoke at the Day School Dinner this past Sunday night and spoke very well indeed. His presence helped make it the most successful dinner in the school's history. In addition, he had the good sense and graciousness to add some very warm words about the Day School movement In general and about the local school in particular, he publicly pleaded with his audience to follow his example – he was going to mail in a "small check" to the Springfield Hebrew Day School. I know that whether the check is small or big, it is through your influence and assistance that this gesture was achieved. Let me, therefore, on behalf of all my dear friends of the Springfield School extend to you our most grateful appreciation for your co-operation.Si neerely,RABBI NORMAN LAMMNL!ff

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Exchange with Isidore Strick about Senator Javits' Speech at Springfield Hebrew Day School Dinner (1963)

Deer Izzy: Just a quick note to let you know that I have not at all forgotten about your request concerning Senator Javits. I have been working at it quite diligently, and may have some results to report to you shortly. I hope they will be positive, although, as you can well understand I cannot promise that. My best wishes to Helen, Joe, the Kurns and all of our friends as well as to you for a "Gemar Tov." Mindy, of course, sends her best. Sincerely yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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Letter to Senator Javits about His Contribution to Springfield Hebrew Day School (1963)

My Dear Senator Javits: Permit me to extend to you my personal thanks for all that you have done for the Springfield aro Day School of Mass., with which school I was intimately associated for a for a number of years before my returning to New York City. All the reports I have received from Springfield about your appearance on December 1st at their Annual Banquet were extremely laudatory about how much you accomplished for the school and for the cause of Jewish education. I am especially grateful to you for the high-minded generosity which you manifested in making so substantial a contribution to the school. Were you not a man who is obviously so very busy with so many terribly important projects of national and international concern, I would explain to you in detail the far-reaching significance of your gesture. I shall spare you, forever, all these perticulars and merely state that you have, by your kindness, accomplished a great deal more than the sum on the check. I am extremely gratified and delighted that my approach to you through out mutual friend, Mr. Isaac Koenigsberg of New York City.has been successful, and that you have responded with a warm Jewish heat. I have told, and will continue to tell, all my dear friends in New York that they can truly be proud of a Senator who is not only a great American but also a magnanimous Jew.May the Almighty grant you and your family many years of health and happiness and continued success in both vocations.Sincerely yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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