Letter to The Jewish Post and Opinion Canceling Subscription Because of Missionary Advertisement (1973)

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Letter to Wurzburger Family Declining Bar Mitzvah Invitation (1964)

Dear Walter and Mrs. Wurzburger: My wife and I were very pleased to receive your invitation to the Bar-Mitzvah of your son Myron Israel. We would very much have enjoyed being able to attend and participate in your wonderful Simcheh. Having known Walter as long as I have, and being as fond of him as I am, I would have regarded it as a supreme pleasure to be with you at this occasion. Unfortunately, however, you can well realize that distance and my community commitments here make it impossible for us to attend. Please forgive us, and do accept our very best wishes from afar.May you be the recipients of undiminished blessings from the Almighty, and have the privilege of seeing your son grow into full Jewish manhood and become a source of pride, joy, and Nachas to you and all your family.Cordially yours,RABBI NORMAN LAMM

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Letter to Jewish Press about Secretary Advertisement (1968)

Gentlemen: Please publish the following ad in the Help Wanted column of the December 20th issue of the Jewish Press. I enclose check of $5.25 for the three lines of copy and the use of a box number. Secy. to Rabbi, West Side, NYC, expd. steno, good vocab., spelling, some Heb. $135 Box..... Very truly yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm

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Letter to Hatzaad Harishon about Leaving Their Board Due to Halachic Concerns with Their Conversion Standards (1970)

Dear Sir: It is with the deepest regret that I ask that my name be taken off your stationery and removed from the Board of Directors of Hatzaad Harishon. Six years ago I was only too glad to associate with the group and give it whatever encouragement I could. I was confident that gradually the members of Hatzaad Harishon would appreciate the fact that the halakhic standards are the only legitimate ones for entrance into the Jewish community.I believe that black men and women, in accordance with their full dignity, would not want to be patronized by expecting any lesser standards for themselves than for members of the white community who wished to become Jews.I am deeply distressed that this has not come to pass. Therefore, until such time as the organization firmly and unequivocally adopts a program fully in accordance with Halakhah and its standards, I must dissociate myself from Hatzaad Harishon.Cordially yours,**Rabbi Norman Lamm**The Jewish Center131 West 86th StreetNew York, N.Y. 10024Schuurler 4-3511

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