It is just a bit over a week that I have returned from Bellagio, and I am still basking in the after-glow of that conference. My only regret is that I was not able to stay for the full course of the Colloquium. I do want you to know, quite personally, how grateful I am for the opportunity to get to know you. It was truly one of the high points of my stay in Italy. I shall never forget the eminent sense of fairness which you displayed in your remarks during the session that I read my paper. I wish that circumstances would permit us to develop our friendship face-to-face. Should you ever plan to be in the United States and visit New York, do let me know so that we might meet again. I do come to the Middle East occasionally, but I suppose that circumstances such as they are now would not permit me to visit with you. I know that you join me in prayer that peace and fraternity once again reign so that all our peoples flourish under God. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm