Dear Rabbi Lamm: I meant to send you a copy of the review of your book, but just didn't get around to it. "Hedge of Roses" certainly comes up to the high standards you have set in your literary work. I've just seen a copy of Jewish Life and am looking forward to reading your piece on the New Theology. I can easily imagine the many demands made on your time, yet I would like to invite you to write for The Observer. Subject matter is up to you, but it is a good idea to let me know what you plan to avoid possible duplication.Should it not be possible for you to write an article, perhaps you might care to comment on some matter discussed in our publication. We are most anxious to hear from people like yourself, I might say, even more so if you have some critical comments.Please let me hear from you.

Dear Rabbi Jacobs: As one who has in the past expressed to you some rather harsh criticism of the Jewish Observer, I think it only fair for me to let you know how pleased I am with the change that has taken place in your magazine in the recent past. The improvement was especially noticeable in the last several issues and in the current one most of all. It is a sign of maturity that you were able to overcome the shrill, combative tone and the excessive polemics that once characterized the Jewish Observer. Your present posture, which is far more restrained and patient, is much more convincing to your readers. For all that I may disagree with some policies expressed in the Jewish Observer — some not all, of course — I now feel much more sympathetic and anxious to read what you have to say. My [hebrew illegible] and good wishes for the future. Cordially yours, Rabbi Norman Lamm