Dear Mr. Jesselson: I hope you will not take it amiss if I take the liberty of replying to your letter to Prof. Fisch. This year we are together responsible for the financing of the Summer Institute. We have, of course, been counting on the confirmation of your support and the withdrawal of such a significant donation at this stage will make it hard for us to meet our obligations for which we carry the responsibility. But your letter has been, most of all, a moral blow. The experience of the last few years shows that we are on the right road. Let me cite just one fact to back this up: this year Prof. Ephraim Katchalsky and Rabbi Adin Steinsalz have joined our group of founding members, and Elie Wiesel will address the opening session of our Summer Institute. One could hardly find three personalities more different in background and outlook. Still, they have found with us a meeting-ground in their common concern for Jewish values and in their conviction that through serious confrontation with modern thought Judaism can be made a living instrument, not only for its own sake but also for the good of mankind as a whole.I cannot believe that you of all people will wish to disassociate yourself from our work, and I do hope you will kindly reconsider the matter. This would mean a great deal to all of us.I take this opportunity of sending to you and Mrs. Jesselson, as well as to your family, my warmest wishes for the coming Pessah Holidays.With best regards,Yours very sincerely,Prof. Y. Schachter.YS/vescc: Prof. H. Fisch.

Dear Rabbi Lamm: Many thanks for your letter of April 26th. It is indeed very kind of you to offer us your help and under the circumstances it is very badly needed. Mr. Jesselson contributed 7500 dollars last year, and this is the sum we are seeking. I should add that other donors were much less generous; in general, donations ranged from 1000-2000 dollars. Prof. Fisch and myself still hope you will be able to attend this year's Institute. We would be very happy to meet you again soon. We are rather concerned about the lack of progress in the matter of the Presidency. We still hope things will work out, but unfortunately matters have not been handled the way they should have been.With best wishes,Very cordially yours,Prof. Y. Schachter.YS/vescc: Prof. Fisch

Dear Norman, This is just to say that if you can still make it for our Colloquium this Summer we should love to see you. The enclosed is the program as it appears at this moment. It looks as though it will be a great occasion. All good wishes, Yours sincerely, Harold Fisch. Committee: Prof. Harold Fisch (Chairman), Prof. Morton Bloomfield, Harvard University. Mr. Adi Cohen, Tel Aviv. Prof. Marvin Fox, Ohio State University. Prof. Moshe Goshen-Gottstein, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Prof. Ephraim Kafchalski Rell, The Weizmann Institute of Science. Mrs. Rebecca Katz, Bar Ilan University. Prof. Charles S. Liebman, Bar Ilan University. Dr. Stefan Moses, Hebrew University, Jerusalem. Dr. Y. Mirelman, Tel Aviv. Prof. Jakob Petuchowski, Hebrew Union College, Cincinnati. Prof. Yehoshua SchachterBar Ilan University Prof. Moshe SchwarczBar Ilan University Dr. Uriel SimonBar Ilan University Rabbi Adin Stelnsaltz JerusalemDr. Aaron Streiter Bar Ilan University Prof. Abner Weiss University of NatalSECRETARY, 1973 SESSIONS: Dr. Aaron SkaisfCorrespondence: Dr. Aaron Skaisf, Dept, of Bible, Bar-llan University, Ramat-Gan, Israel • Cable Address: SKAIST UNI3ARILAN • Tel. (03) 752103-4-5A SUMMER INSTITUTE ON JUDAISM AND CONTEMPORARY THOUGHTTentative Program for 1973TITLE: PRAYER: ITS CONTEMPORARY MEANING AND RELEVANCETuesday Morning Session, July 31, at Bar-Ilan UniversityMain Address: Prof. DOV SADANRespondent: Prof. Jakob PetuchowskyChairman: Dr. Uriel SimonEVENING SESSIONPUBLIC LECTURE AT BAR-ILAN UNIVERSITY:MR. ELIE WIESEL: "Prayer: the Need of Modern Man" Chairman: Prof. Harold FischWednesday, August 1st - Nir Etzion Guest HouseAfternoon Session: RABBI ADIN STEINSALZ -’Can we educate for prayer?'Chairman: Prof. Y. SchachterEvening Session: DR. YOSEF HEINEMANN - "Permanence and Change in Traditional Jewish Prayer"Chairman: Prof. E. BerkowitzThursday, August 2ndMorning Session: PROF. ELIEZER SCHWEID - "Jehuda Halevi's Doctrine of Prayer" Prof. Abner WeissChairman: Evening Sessi…