Exchange with Cynthia Perl about Leaflets Distributed by Christian Missionaries to Students (1967)
Dear Rabbi Lamm: Enclosed is a brief leaflet which recently came into my hands; it seems that it was distributed to local Queens high school students as they were leaving school for the day (the distribution took place outside of the school by a total stranger). Needless to say, I was astonished by its contents as well as by the by-line on the front page. Perhaps I have been a bit too naive in the past as to the existence of brazen and anti-semitic literature and organizations formed solely for this purpose. However, my eyes have been rudely opened for the future! I thought you might like to see this leaflet if you haven’t already done so. Please excuse the pencil marks as I found myself impelled to make note of several sentences to check their accuracy in the text and to increase my own depressive. Sincerely, Cynthia Perl