Dear Dr. Siev, This letter will serve to summarize my suggestions to you concerning the forthcoming Golden Anniversary of Yeshiva College. Please forgive the disconnected and unorganized form of my ideas. They are given in no special order. I believe that the festivities should not last more than a day or a weekend, should be concentrated, and by all means should strive for high academic excellence (non-pedantic, of course) rather than for the stereotype of the Alumni-Homecoming species. I feel that this event cam become more than a celebration, and that it can fill a real void in the life of the Yeshiva. We – that is, Yeshiva University – are the major institution of what is known, for better or for worse, as "Modern Orthodox Judaism". As the academic center of Modern Orthodoxy, it is our responsibility to articulate clearly and convincingly what we are, what we believe, what we have to contribute, wherein we differ from others and wherein we do not. For about half a century now, successive generations of Yeshiva students have indulged in the luxury of ridiculing the concept of Synthesis. I suppose that this is a combination of adolescent ques-tioning and rebellion, authentic criticism, and typically Jewish, and especially Orthodox, collective masochism (otherwise known as "bittul"). Yet the fact remains that this lofty ideal, to which we refer by that unfortunately pedestrian word ״Synthesis", is our raison d'etre. From time to time, some of us have ventured to 118-cuss it in intellectually respectable form. But it has not yet been attempted in a systematic manner.I feel that this forthcoming anniversary 18 the appropriate opportunity to fill this lacunae. If this 18 done well, as I certainly hope it will be, then it should be published in one volume. This book will serve as the only available source for the Ideology of Modern Ortho־ doxy and as an academically proper textbook far Freshman orientation at Y.U.-2-Following are some of the individual lecture themes …

Dear Dr. Lamm, During my recent visit in Israel I heard the good news of your elevation to the lofty position of the Presidency of our beloved institution. May I express my sincere congratulations and good wishes for many years of good health and success in all your endeavors on behalf of Y.U. חזק ואמץ בעבודתך הקדושה לחזוק ובסוס מוסדנו החשוב. יהי ד' עמך בכל אשר תפנה. בברכת שנה טובה ומאושרת, שנת נחת, ברואות ושלום לכל בני משפחתך. בידידות כנה, אשר זיו