Dear Sholem: I am sending you enclosed xeroxes of correspondence I have had with Rabbi Shalom Schapiro of Tel Aviv. He has written to me about his son, scientist in Belgorod Oblastnoi, with his family, who wants to emigrate to Israel. They have been turned down for the fifth time now and Dr. Schapiro has been out of work for several months. There are two things I would like to ask from you: first, to have the RCA cable President Nixon, Dr. Kurt Waldheim, and Ambassador Dobrynin asking for his release. Second, to arrange for a package to be sent to Dr. Schapiro in Belgorod. Please let me know if anything can be done for him. Cordially, Rabbi Norman Lamm

Dear Mrs. Weisberger, thank you very much for your letter of 31st May. We assume that Rabbi and Mrs. Lamm will prefer to stay in a motel rather than at private hospitality which is offered to them, and unless we hear from you to the contrary we shall make such arrangements, except for Friday night when we assume that Rabbi and Mrs. Lamm will accept private hospitality in order to be as close as possible to synagogues and places of Jewish activities. As soon as we get confirmation of the above, we shall advise you of the special phone numbers and addresses. Meanwhile, during business hours c/– the above and c/– 6 St. Aubins Avenue, Caulfield, Vic. 3161, phone number 52.5523 will suffice for contact points. We previously received biographical details of Rabbi Lamm and hope we will get some publicity next week in the Jewish press. However, notes of interest or short articles which you may have available would be appreciated so that additional publicity can be obtained. Kind regards, yours sincerely, H.A. Bachrach

Dear Mr. Bachrach: After finishing the enclosed letter, Rabbi Lamm received your letter of June 14 and he has asked me to respond to you as follows: He will be pleased to accept the invitation of Rabbi Gutnick and the president of the Caulfield synagogue to occupy the pulpit on the Shabbat he will be spending at Caulfield. He does not believe it necessary to give a subject for his talk. Perhaps it would be just as well to announce that Dr. Lamm will preach the sermon, and leave it without a title.He accepts your suggestion to decline Rabbi Rapaport’s invitation to speak at his synagogue, and he will be delighted to accept the invitation to meet with all the Orthodox rabbis at lunchon on Monday, July 17.Rabbi Lamm asked me se send you his warmest regards.Sincerely,Miss Chanie Weisberger

Dear Mr. Bachrach: This note is in response to your request for more material on Rabbi Lamm which you may want to use to stimulate interest in his visit. I enclose a few excerpts of reviews of two of his books. I hope this will serve the purpose. I trust that we shall shortly receive from you the name, address, and phone lumber of Rabbi Lamm's motel in Melbourne, as well as a fuller itinerary as soon as it becomes available. Sincerely yours, (Miss) Chanie Weisberger, SecretaryA HEDGE OF ROSES: Jewish Insights Into Marriage and Married LifePhilipp Feldheim, Inc.Reviewed by Jerome M. HerzogBlessed with felicity of language. Rabbi Lamm, in this concise volume, discusses family purity in a manner and style particularly suitable to the modern Jew. Employing the modern idiom, he forthrightly and uncondescendingly addresses the Jew of our age who is as much a product of his secular environs as he is of his Jewish background. Where few have ventured to tread previously Rabbi Lamm has admirably succeeded ...”A Hedge of Roses” is an important contribution to a generation that is in dire need of an intelligent appraisal of the tenets and practices of our faith. It is hoped that this tract is made available to every couple entering into marriage as well as those who already are married.As a practitioner of the written word, Rabbi Lamm is a skillful artisan. He has presented us with a lucid, rational, and masterful exposition of the purpose of the laws of family purity. For this, therefore, I have no reservation in extending a bouquet of roses to the author of A HEDGE OF ROSES.FAITH AND DOUBT: Studies in Traditional Jewish ThoughtKtav Publishing House, 1971.Reviewed by Michael WyschogrodNorman Lamm, Professor of Jewish Philosophy at Yeshiva University, Rabbi of The Jewish Center in New York and founder and first editor of TRADITION, is an uncommonly hard working individual.Norman Lamm reads widely, keeps in touch with developments on many fronts and he marshalls his forces in t…

Dear Mr. Bachrach: Rabbi Lamm's travel agent just called me to inform me of a slight change in his itinerary. Rabbi Lamm's last contact point before reaching Melbourne is Nandi, and there he can be reached at the Flagship Beach Comber, not the Fijian Hotel. There will only be one stop before Rabbi and Mrs. Lamm reach Nandi, and that is in Honolulu. There they can be reached at the Hilton Hawaiian Village from July 8-10.All my best wishes.Sincerely,(Miss) Chanie WeisbergerSecretary

אני היהודי הרב שמעון שלום יוסף בן אפרים זלמן הכהן, שגרתי אסיר כעוון דתי בעיר ברדיצ׳ב (ברית המועצות), בקשה עזרה ותמיכה – עזרה חומרית ועזרה מוסרית להוצאתי מארץ – אני הייתי אסור באותה האסורה משנת 1967 עד היום הזה ואני ממשיך להיות באסורה עם יתר היהודים בארץ ברית המועצות עד היום, אני עבדתי בעבודה כפיה יותר מ־39 שנים באותה החברה ובתנאים קשים מאד עד היום הזה כבר יותר מ־12 שנה, מבקש עזרה ותמיכה, Shapira Benjamin, Belgorod Oblastnoi, S.S.S.R. Telefon No. 33597, פה 5 שנים אני מוסיף בקשות להוציא אותי מהחברה והחוקים, עוד מקבלים כנס בעבור הבקשות שלי.