I am really very, very grateful to you for offering to proctor the exams that I am to give on Wednesday May 21st at Brooklyn College. First, I suggest that you try your best to get there a little early, as you may have some trouble finding a parking space. Come prepared with a whole bunch of coins! The first class, Judaic Studies 41c, begins at 4:25 P.M. and goes to 6:40 P.M. The class is held in the William James Building, which is on Bedford Avenue near Campus Road, Room 261s. Now, there will be one student of my other class who will be taking the exam during this exam period, Miss S— from Midwood H.S. She goes to that other Judaic Studies 75. Make sure that their chairs are spread out over the whole room so as to avoid even the slightest suspicion of copying. Tell them that they are to return their exam papers together with their notebooks. They should have nothing with them except pens, and a small dictionary if they want one – nothing else. They should take a great deal of care about handwriting, because if it is illegible I simply will not accept it. They have no option either of a blue book or sheets of paper. It makes no difference – they have no choice. I do not want them to take any marks on the exam papers, but only to place all their answers into their own notebooks. No abbreviations, please. Each question should be answered in brief but complete form: 15 minute, 20 minute, 10 minute, 5 minute notices before the exam is over. IV: here I want very brief answers. The numbers at the end of each question in this part indicate the number of answers for each answer. Numbers 1 through 4 require only a word or two answers. Numbers 5 through 7 require full paragraphs. Number 8 requires only a sentence or two. V requires a single essay which they can write at any length they wish as long as it contains all the information I seek. Let them make sure that every point I list in the questions should be covered in their answers. The Judaic Studies 75 class meets at 6…

Dear Harvey: I have contacted four people who, together with yourself, will constitute the committee to implement the ideas we discussed concerning minyan attendance. All of them agreed that they would await your phone call, attend the meeting, and divide the names of those who are likely candidates to attend either once a month, in response to your “Choose a Number from 1-30” plan, or more often, such as a two-week period during the year, or once every week. I suggest that you call the meeting and make sure that either Rabbi Wermuth or Cantor Wietschnr attend together with you. Rabbi Wermuth will prepare for you a list of likely candidates who should or will respond to such an invitation. Your committee can then divide up the names and make the calls. You ought to decide upon a common approach to the people who are called. The five people who are awaiting your call, and who have agreed to serve, are as follows: Sol Gold (home number: SU7-5668; business number: 787-7815), Irving Kobrin (home number: 787-1087; business number: SW5-2100), Sam Scher (home number: TR7-3578; business number: 873-4160), and Abraham Tennenbaum (home number: SU7-0756; business number: WA5-1020). Please let me know what progress you make, and thank you ever so much for volunteering to head up this committee. Warmest regards to Jane. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm.