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Program Installation Exercises of Rabbi Norman Lamm as Spiritual Leader of Congregation Beth Israel - West Side Jewish Center (1952)

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Introduction of Dr. Norman Lamm (2003)

As we begin the awarding of diplomas, I want to recognize an honorary graduate of the Class of 2003. The candidate for our special recognition came to us at a time of great fiscal crisis and helped us through the fog of fiscal despair. When I assumed this deanship 19 years ago, we labored together to ensure that the Albert Einstein College of Medicine would remain the Hope Diamond in the crown of Yeshiva University. Our honoree is the distinguished President of Yeshiva University. As President he has personally conferred the degree of Doctor of Medicine on 4,607Einstein students. This is 3000 more than have climbed Mt. Everest in the past 50 years. Although President Lamm is not a Sherpa, he has helped more of us to scale the heights of success than is required of most guides. Indeed no President in the history of American medicine has minted more young medical doctors than Dr. Norman Lamm. And now after 27 years he leaves the Presidency in the able hands of Mr. Richard Joel to assume a new role as Chancellor of the University. Will the candidate, Dr. Norman Lamm, join me to receive a special award.President Lamm, I am honored to present you with the Uncle Albert Einstein Gold Stethoscope Award for distinguished service to the College of Medicine. You should know that it is very cool to drape the stethoscope over your shoulders like ascarf, let it hang from the neck - or actually plug it into the ears. In your new role as Chancellor you may use this special device to listen for the wheeze of the frail of spirit, the murmurs of the discontented, and muffled sounds of the faint of heart who would desist from supporting our noble purpose. Let what you hear guide you on a new path as you continue to serve Yeshiva University. We are appreciative and thankful for your devotion to our College of Medicine and we are comforted in the knowledge that you will always be “on call” for spiritual guidance.
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Program for the Installation of Rabbi Norman Lamm (1954)

The Lord will give strength unto His people – the Lord will bless His people with peace. Congregation Kodimoh cordially invites you to attend the installation exercises of Rabbi Norman Lamm, Sunday afternoon, May 2, 1954, at 2:30 p.m., at Kodimoh Synagogue, Springfield, Massachusetts. Saturday and Sunday, 28th and 29th of Nissan, 5714 – May 1st and 2nd, 1954. Saturday morning: services at 8:30 a.m., sermon by Rabbi Israel Klavan, Executive Director, Rabbinical Council of America; kiddush following services. Saturday afternoon: halakhic dissertation by Rabbi Marvin Luban, 6:00 p.m., Congregation Rodphey Sholom, Holyoke, Massachusetts; Minchah services at 7:00 p.m.; Seudah Shelishit address by Rabbi Samuel Price, Emeritus, Temple Beth El. Saturday evening: reception and open house, 9:00 p.m., vestry of Kodimoh. Sunday afternoon: synagogue auditorium, installation exercises at 2:30 p.m.; installation address by Rabbi Joseph Lookstein, Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun, Professor, Yeshiva University, New York, NY. Greetings by Rabbi Eliezer Levi (Temple Beth El), Rabbi Herman Snyder (Sinai Temple), Rabbi Moses D. Sheinkopf (Beth Israel Synagogue), and Lieutenant Maurice Lamm, Chaplain, United States Army. Musical selections by Cantor Herman B. Abramson and the Kodimoh Choir. Sunday evening: Hotel Kimball, installation banquet at 6:30 p.m.; address by Rabbi Joseph M. Baumol, Crown Heights Yeshiva, Brooklyn, NY. Greetings by Rabbi Burton Mehler (Violet Park Jewish Center, Bronx, NY), Rabbi Hugo Mantell (Congregation Sons of Zion, Holyoke, MA), and Rabbi Solomon Sigel (Congregation Sons of Jacob).
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Rabbi Norman Lamm's Interview about Chabad

Rabbi  Dr. Norman Lamm, the long‑time President of Yeshiva University (YU) who passed away on Sunday, spoke about learning Chassidus, meeting the Rebbe, appreciation for Chabad‑Lubavitch and historical disagreements. Rabbi  Dr. Norman Lamm, the long‑time President of Yeshiva University (YU) and one of the most influential thinkers of Modern Orthodoxy in America, passed away on Sunday, 8  Sivan  5780. He was 92. He was raised in Williamsburg, Brooklyn, and studied at Mesivta Torah Vodaath, YU's Yeshiva College and the Polytechnic Institute of Brooklyn. He was a disciple of Rabbi Joseph B. Soloveitchik who ordained him in 1951. He considered a career in science but was persuaded by Rabbi Dr. Samuel Belkin, the second President of YU, to join the faculty. Rabbi Lamm spent more than 60 years at YU, serving as President (1976–2003), chancellor and Rosh Yeshiva of Rabbi Isaac Elchanan Theological Seminary (RIETS) until 2013. Rabbi Lamm also spent almost 25 years as a pulpit rabbi, first in Springfield, Massachusetts, and later in Manhattan – West Side Jewish Center – Congregation Beth Israel, the Jewish Center on the Upper West Side and at Congregation Kehilath Jeshurun under Rabbi Joseph Lookstein. In 1994, Rabbi Lamm was interviewed by Rabbi Chaim Dalfin, author and Director of the Jewish Enrichment Press, about learning Chassidus, his Yechidus with the Rebbe, his appreciation for Chabad‑Lubavitch, and views on Torah Umadda, the philosophy of modern Orthodox Judaism bridging the secular world and Judaism. COLlive.com presents excerpts of the interview: Interviewer: I’d like to hear from you your impressions about the Rebbe and Lubavitch. I have heard that you had an interesting meeting with the Rebbe in Yechidus. Rabbi Lamm: Before I tell you about the particular Yechidus, let me say from the outset that I am not a Lubavitcher Chasid; however, in general I am very kindly disposed to Chasidus, and I have a special respect and affection for Lubavitch. It does not mean t…
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