Letter to Rael Isaac about His Ironic Article on the German Sense of Guilt (1961)

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Letter to Moses Feuerstein Suggesting Diplomatic Response to a "Religious Crank" (1962)

Dear Moe (Rabbi Feurstein): Your question as to whether the correspondent of the enclosed material is Jewish can be adequately answered by the printed paragraph on the bottom of his letter. I certainly do not think you ought to give him any letter. He sounds like a religious crank, and if you want to get involved I can suggest more thrilling ways. Perhaps the most diplomatic way would be to notify him that you are only a layman and therefore hesitate to write prayers or otherwise engage in ecclesiastical activity.Thank you for remembering my recommendations concerning Paul Baris. Please let me know when you come to a final decision. I am enclosing some light reading for your entertainment during your Boston to New York trips.Cordially yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMMNL\:ffEncls

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Letter to Myron Kaufmann about His New Book (1966)

Dear Mr. Kaufman, It was a real pleasure hearing from you after all this time. I hope you will believe me when I say that every Wednesday, when I lecture at the "Y", I think of those students I had in the past who gave me good reason to remember them – foremost amongst them, you. Naturally, I am quite pleased with the report you sent to me of your anonymous acquaintance who said such flattering things about me. The remarks made me feel good, not only because they are compliments, but because they justify all the effort that I put into my teaching. Whether I deserve them or not is quite another question.I have been wondering all this while since I last saw you about the progress on your new book. Interestingly, within the last four weeks, two authors of "best sellers" have called me to check out certain facts in new novels they are writing. Is your new book going to deal, in any way, with a Jewish theme or Jewish background? Whatever it is, I am looking forward to it with great expectation.Please give my very fondest regards to your wife, from both me and my own wife. We both remember with great fondness the evening the two of you spent with us at our home. Please do let me hear from you.Cordially yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMM

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Letter to R. Rosen about a "Righteous Gentile" (1970)

לכ' האי גברא רבה, ידידי ומכובדי, הרה"ג מוההרד"מ רונן שליט"א, רב הכולל במזיגת רומני', החיים והשלום! זה זמן כבוד שהתבאינו ושוחחני איש עם רעהו, ואזכרוני אני משתעשע מפעם לפעם עך חרתם ימים נחמדים שבלינו בנעימים יחל עם משפחותינו במיומי אשר בפלורידה. נוסף לזה, הנני נמנה דין הקוראים הנאמנים של מאמריו המאלפים בכתשיעת פיול תחת השגחתו. הנני כותב כעת לשם מטרה מיוחדת חזן בית הכנסת שלי, ר' יוסף הנדלר, מילידיסטמר, תומך כמיטב יכלתו בנכרית אחת הגרה דסטמר במלל חסדה אליו ואל משפחתו בזמן השואה הנוראה.

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