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Correspondences with Goldschmidt, Prof. Daniel

Correspondence

Letter to Minister Raphael with Suggestions for Additions to The Jakob Michael Library (1964)

Dear Minister Raphael: As I had promised you last week, I am sending you herewith a list of approximately ten (10) works which, in addition to the two (2) Leviticus volumes by Hoffmann, should constitute the newest additions to the “Jakob Michael Library.” (1) Sacher’s "Tradition and Tradenten..." (#12 on your list), which we believe will prove most helpful to young Talmudic scholars in discovering the background of the various personalities mentioned in the Talmud.Berliner, "Gesamwelte Schriften" — a work which will be helpful to any student of Judaism (#13 on your list).Benamozegh’s "Israel et l’humanité" (#29) and:Benamozegh's "Morale Juive et Morale Chrétienne" (#30), two works which are important expositions of Judaism’s superior morality and humaneness, and a defense against its detractors.Gudemann’s "Geschichte der Erziehungs-weaens..." (#39) — an extremely important volume which ought to be readily available in complete Hebrew translation.Horovits’s "Frankfurter Rabbiner" (#47), a most valuable historical work, enshrining the honored Rabbinate of Frankfurt, and which should be available in Hebrew.H.J. Michael’s "Ore ha-Hayyim," the original (Hebrew) of which is quite rare, and ought to be reprinted as a signal contribution to Jewish historiography.I suggest a collection of various articles by Joseph Wohlgemuth which appeared 1912–1930 in his "Jeschurun." Rabbi Jung will be willing to suggest which articles ought to be prepared for translation and publication.D. Z. Hoffmann’s "Kor Schnuel" (not on your list) — a biography of the great Amora which is both scholarly and appealing to the general informed reader.Jakobovitz's "Jewish Medical Ethics" (#51) has made a very good impression upon the Jewish medical community in the U.S.A., and ought to be disseminated in Hebrew in Israel.I would like to point out that Mr. Michael's major interest is not in the kind of work which appeals only to a narrow and exclusive group of professional scholars and has no wider cir…