Efforts on behalf of Jews left in Russia; tremendous Jewish impact - notwithstanding challenges
By the Grace of G-d
24th of Sivan, 5738
Brooklyn, N. Y.
Prof. . . .
Brighton, Mass. 02135
Greeting and Blessing:
I duly received your letter of the 24th of Iyar. As requested, I will remember you in prayer for the fulfillment of your heart’s desires for good in the matters about which you wrote.
Having had the great Zechus to find your identity and commitment to Yiddishkeit, Torah and Mitzvoth, under such adverse circumstances and overwhelming odds, until G-d helped you to come out from there to freedom, it is gratifying to note your efforts in behalf of those who are as yet still behind the Iron Curtain, and we surely share the hope and confidence that they too will find freedom.
What I would like to emphasize in particular is that persons like yourself, and other Jews of similar experience, have a tremendous impact on their surroundings in this country, for they serve as a shining example and inspiration. Certainly where one has a prominent position in a certain field, it is human nature that many people look up to him and are influenced by his personal way of life and ideas, including those which are not related to his particular field. Thus, one is in a privileged situation to promote Yiddishkeit, Torah and Mitzvoth, to a far greater extent.
