Letter from Hillel Davis to Talia Loeberstein about Activities for Counterpoint Seminar (1974)
Dear Hans, It was a pleasure hearing from you both on the phone yesterday and by mail this morning also. Since Sydney looks like the major site for seminars, I believe we should firm up our dates. After meeting with our contingent on Wednesday, I will be in a better position to inform you whether they can all leave the States on June 23. What happens beyond that and how you anticipate using the several weeks at Shalom College is rather unclear to me since I am not privy to information about arrangements in Melbourne and what your plans are for Perth, Canberra, Auckland, etc., and stopover plans. I would like to receive a proposed schedule from you.Among the titles for sessions which were discussed with Mr. Ranoschy were the following:* Reward & Punishment* Religion & Belief* Free Will* Challenges to Survival* Concepts of Rest and Relaxation* The Generation Gap* Revelation* Concepts of Repentance* Rationale of Observance* Courtship, Marriage & the Family* Love and Fear of God* Jewish Contributions to Society - Giving & Taking* Living by a Moral Code* The Sanctity of Life* Man & His Creator* Israel & the Nations* The Jew Relates to the Non-Jew* Classical Anti-SemitismThese were briefly discussed with Prof. Mono and his committee. They should adopt these titles for some of the subjects in the sourcebooks. Since I will be unable to communicate individually with faculty people, I would appreciate it if Bert reviewed these with his committee and they inform us of the study topics which may be appropriate for your day school and state school youngsters.Concerning your proposed slogans for Counterpoint, each is delightful. Have you discussed these with Arnold both?I take it by now you have Rabbi Lamm’s statement on the importance of the forthcoming programs.In regard to further publicity, I have asked each of our staff people to make available a biographical sketch, photo, and lecture topics which we will be mailing to you as soon as they are receiv…