Letter to R. M.M. Magnes about Support from Sen. Capehart on Soviet Jewry (1962)
Dear Rabbi Magnes: As a Rabbi interested in serving in the State of Indiana, you may be interested in our reactions, both as Jews and as Americans, as a result of many trips to Washington, D.C., on problems affecting the Jewish community. Our greatest surprise was learning of the unusual and deepest concern of Senator Homer E. Capehart in matters of public image to us. Our previous impressions of the Senator had not prepared us for meeting a true "ohev Yisrael." His genuine friendship and sympathy for Jewry, including the President, Secretary of State, Secretary of Defense, and others in the government, deserve to be known amongst our people.Cordially yours,Moses I. FeuersteinRabbi Norman LammRabbi M. M. Magnes908 Union StreetIndianapolis, Indiana267) My dear Cardinal: On behalf of my colleague Rabbi Norman Lamm and myself I beg to express to Your Grace once again our profound appreciation for the gracious reception accorded to us yesterday when we had the pleasure and privilege to call upon you. We are confident that through the understanding created by this and similar meetings to explore common problems in the light of the new challenges of our time, we may succeed in strengthening our religious ramparts against the threatening inroads of communism from without and secularism from within and in promoting the blessings of harmony and cooperation among those who cherish the supremacy of religion in life.With cordial greetings, I am,Yours very sincerely,Dr. I. JakobovitsRabbi