Letter to Raphael Society about AOJS Euthanasia Educational Kit (1971)

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Exchange with Dr. Rosner about AOJS Major Issues Kits (1971)

Dear Rabbi Lamm: As Chairman of the Publications Committee of the Rephael Society of the Association of Orthodox Jewish Scientists, I was sent a copy of your letter dated April 5, 1971. Your kind comments concerning our Euthanasia Kit are greatly appreciated. This is the second kit that we have put together, the first one being a similar kit and dealing with the subject of abortion, which we mailed out last year. Should you wish to receive that material, please write us and we will be happy to forward it to you.I am in the process of preparing a third Major Issues kit for distribution sometime in the fall. The subject of this latter one is *Human Experimentation and Medical Research on Humans From the Jewish Viewpoint*.Sincerely yours,**Fred Rosner, M.D.**FR\:sfDirector of Hematologycc: Rabbi Rosenfeld

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Letter to Dr. Himler about Antisemitic Medical Journal Article on the "Strange Murder of William of Norwich" (1971)

Dear Dr. Himler: A member of my congregation showed me the November 1, 1971 issue of the New York Journal of Medicine, and pointed out the article entitled "Strange Murder of William of Norwich." I must express to you my sense of shock and outrage that such an obviously anti-Semitic article should have been accepted for publication in your Journal. The last 25 or 30 years certainly should have taught us that racial bigotry is all the more noxious when disguised in pseudo-scientific jargon than when it is bellowed forth with vulgar crudeness. For your Society to permit publication of an article that pretends to scientific accuracy and which does nothing more than disinter ancient falsehoods that have caused untold anguish to Jews who were innocent hostages in a hostile environment, is an outrageous abdication of editorial responsibility and a singularly scandalous expression of insensitivity. Sincerely yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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Letter to R. Tendler Donating to Institution of Science and Halacha (1972)

Dear Moshe: Enclosed please find a contribution of $25 for the Institution of Science and Halacha in Jerusalem. Please let me know if it is possible to receive all the back issues of the Institute’s bulletin Halacha and Ma’asse and also how I go about subscribing to future such bulletins. Cordially, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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