Dear Norman: I was delighted to learn of your appointment to the presidency of Yeshiva University and I extend to you my sincere congratulations and warmest good wishes. There are many of us who believe that your elevation to this crucial, as well as prestigious, position of leadership in the religious community augurs well for the growth and development of a more intensified and deeper commitment to those Jewish values which we share in common. You bring rare and precious talents to a position of grave responsibility and of great opportunity. May the Lord prosper your ways and be with you in all that you undertake. Jeremiah promised, “וְנָתַתִּיךָ לְעָם לִבְרִית לְאוֹר גּוֹיִם” — we pray that his promise will be fulfilled in you. Sincerely yours, Max J. Routtenberg