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October 18, 1999

Reflections on Visit to Paris and the French Jewish Community (1999)

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My dear Rabbi Lamm, I was very glad to receive your letter of March 20th. I wanted to give you some news before I wrote to you and for that reason I delayed a little with my reply. I really do not know who told Rabbi Itamar of the plans in Jews’ College. I am however glad that you were quite frank with him. I do not know what plans his son-in-law had which would be affected by your coming. I would have thought that any new spirit which could be introduced into the College would be of benefit to the College and in consequence, to his son-in-law. In strict confidence, the feeling among the leaders of the College is growing that in any case, Dr. Ross (Rabbi Itamar’s son-in-law) does not seem to be very keen to stay in the College. I will tell you all about it when I see you in New York. In the meantime, our plans for the College are slowly taking shape. The whole movement is slow, but I hope it will succeed. The main problem is finance but it now seems that the Wolfson's may be able to do something concrete if a blue-print is presented to them.Your coming here has already been discussed and it is part of a larger plan. Again, I hope to have some more definite news when I come to New York.You do not need, in any way, to disturb yourself about the fact that you spoke to Rabbi Itamar, I am never afraid of the truth and if I kept the whole thing confidential, it was only to safeguard you more than to safeguard the College. As, as far as Jews' College is concerned, it would only be to their credit if you were to come here, even for a short time, to lecture to the students.Now I want to write concerning the Eruv in Manhattan. This week I received a letter from the President, of Shearith Israel, in which he informed me that they have now withdrawn the offer to pay $500 as they originally thought they would do. The reason for this was the letter which was sent to the Congregation. Even our religious people like Robert Salomon and Charlie Bendheim, were apparently very upset b…
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I am sorry that I did not write to you before, but I just cannot describe the amount of work I found when I returned to my office. It seems to me that it will take me another year before I can catch up with it all. Now, I want to take this opportunity of sending you and Mrs. Lamm and all your family our best wishes for a very happy Passover. Your kindness to me during my stay in New York is one of my brightest memories which I have in connection with the three months that I spent in your hospitable City. I would like to hear from you as to how things are developing, not only in general, but, also in your private domain. The Community here is still restive after the events which took place last year, and in my opinion, it will take some time before things will assume their natural course. Jews' College will have to find a new Principal, if we are to be able to give direction to the Anglo-Jewish Community.With all best wishes to you and Mrs. Lamm and all your family in which all my family joins.
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