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MS-763: Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman Collection, 1930-2004. Series F: Life in Israel, 1956-1983.

Box Folder 17 5

"Encyclopaedia Judaica." 1975.

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September 2, 1975 017A/11

1-0.ETER BvOKS

To Mr. G. Nachmani From Ronnie Dissentshik

Re. My Jewish World

As predicted, MJW is already threatening to become a major problem for the sales of the EJ.

1. The whole theme of promotion as was developed by Mrs.Dror in my presence, places MJW in direct confrontation with the EJ.

2. Given the arrangement made with her, the pressure of Mrs.Dror to produce fast sales is high, which will cause her to ~esort to the easy road of a 100 vs 615,.

J. Her intention to meet with UJA people and to sell the set at UJA and Bonds events, will lead to our ouster from these events before we even finalized our participation. The great fear I have encountered from al l of those whom I met was that by admitting the EJ they open the door for other products.

4. Also, at this stage too many people of Keter are talki ng to too many people at different corrmunities. These efforts are not coordinated and are bound to hurt our relations with Jewish institutions.

S. Add all the above to the other 11qualities11 of the HJW -price, design, etc., we are bound to end up with more losses and lots of headache.

cc. Mr. Y. Rischin ~abbi H. Friedman

Dea.r nonni e-01 , no'\> r.u'll see -which is uorse- tj t pir• or ·u writing .

Your long l •Ltor ~ rived - nnd I thinl. it is very li:il.Jresaive. Yon r eally

have penctra;t_d into many co unit.ies, 400 feel nt i1oca , ruJd knoY ir)Jere

you are going. 1 see there wes ~ gr.nt doal of wravel - nnd tha~ iG good.

I ' c sure your wife doosn'~ like it - but you r~ now functioning ns n

na.tionn.l so.l ·s ctl.Il~ er - '\Dd ther e is no substitute or tba drpln:ne.

Your job is to find poople , inspir~ them, convince them~ ~n then folloY

ip ri. th ther.:i. U t:his has t.o be d-011& per aon-to pl)raon. And you a.re

doing it - tha.'tt ie 10bv uus. b" compliment.s,-

µegtlniing t'Jie si1'11ati.on -iii en.c 1 i:mtiVidual plo.ce, .1. really

ha'\·e no cor.II::ent.9 'Jlld no ~ mstions 'to be 8.d ~ to hrtt. you are oJ. rac..dy

doing. Da.sicnll7, you n.re or ·ing on about. 2 places - vi th _nvor deo.d

e.nd tioluribus dad ClevoLelnnd dormant uniil you can o en ~ Elevcl nd

rcgion~l office - n.nd you b~ve your co noctiona, oat you a.re trying

iifferent eppro~ches t witH flexibility. So I thiiak there is no-thing

core I crLD n.d ~o that, except to 'Write or call aomcparticulnr person

if you n~ed som~ interveuti.on ~ me. Yo knov you co.n !\lw iYB ~sk ac

to do nn;,t,hing you need .

Rega.rding 'penct.ra;tion through the W <\. cbann~l s, you have

the Young Loaclorship, n.nd ho.Tc been to the lntcn:Pdinta a.nu . W:bll

Cities groups, n.nd if you can get "JV' mailing li.sts in Now York uJ\.,

thn:t could be gron:t. Su I tbilnk you u-o covo:ring 'tho UJ \ u.ngle.

Rcga.rding your i dea n.s to iregiono. offic~ locn.tions, I think

your li~t is p~rf·ct. I jus1. h~ve ~hrec sr.in.:11 coc ants1

Q..) 11e1" York - a.dd to this Of rice Connectic t , wicb h'l.S scve1·al

good citiesi ·en Iaven, rid~ port, ....mrtfonl

b. ) Mi.oni - cBn this o ficc cover Georgin, Tcxns and Loni.Gio.na ,

us you plan? a.ybu tho dist.o.nc~s n.re too gre J.t..

c.) !tidueet - you nro corract not 1.o concentrnte the entire o..rea

on Chicago. You need Chicngo, plus one oore plnce.

If you think K.C. is bettor t ~n St. Lon.is, for

geographical re~sons , I vould go nlong with that.

On the otber htUld try to <lecivo who vil be more

helpful - Koeni gsb~rg or rto.bi nori t2-CO.ha.n.

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Uog rdill.ci cy :iel:t. ri:!it(c) to th.: u. -.·., I h .ve no ap.:cH'i~

dates ns yet- bat a.a thinking tJnt tively of t~o p~ssibie trips

for oy busin9ss ( vbich 'ti'Ould thcre:f'ort! be o ~ ncco:iat., 'lnd not

1.t the G>:p"'nse of th.a ill): .. c:pt. 25 to Octobor 10; u•.d e.'Dnther

Octob··r 25 to Nov. 10. I ao not suro about ~i ther of i.hose. l t1m

in "the middle ofple.nning, o.nd 'rill know nore in 'l.bout o. vcek.

Gideon v~s spco.king about a trip in Dcceober, ~hie vould

be on tho o.c count of the :lJ.

The r~a.l b1.si G or 'l. cci :'!ion i.s not the d'l.'te~ - lJ11t ra.ther

the function I could p_rrorm. 0

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to ta.I " ooe of

or them in t.h~i:r

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your regionnl office

:u·e(l.s? You beg] a to ov ·~nll loor.:, ml see '1h:i.t. i 1. ia you

n:?ecl froo tm? 1 or inst mce, « o vc h3.V3 E& r.):::.ctions bcsi e _ ile-:­

delphin. on oy let.tor for bulk purcbcses? .Yo r recent. tcl."!.X as.id no.

liu.s ther1> been a.n;y cllenge? U-o thcra q.IIJ' nibjles? J.

lihoulrl go to

o.ny or those cities on tb3t proJoct?

Olt - t.ba.t ' s onou.[;b for no; . I -::".lllt to repea.t I t. 1ire.: you

reo.lly he:v~ grabbed old of t. a pr~blern of buileiiru a sc.les aystell:. •

Does nischin ho.Ve 1l. CO.PY, Of ~tyour letter to me? If not, ! t '.hir.k

he shoul<l see it.

~bile I '\Yai., to nea.r fro yo11 ... t-0 future plallt:! c.ml ti-ips,

I Shall v:i.tch mth no joy the ;I?"/? ""1'°3(,~ hich is bein coo!:ed up.

I n.ui uot &t n.11 con•rinced it. is \tOrtJ.i v 'l"'Y mach. It io too full of

comprocises and r•!l.tzh .ork to l st v~ry long. Our public is re!itless.

They nl.so feel insc:cure 11.bou.t it.. Thcr~ vi 11 b} .. any prot.e.st.s i1t "the

next ten d)Q"s - Guob ~.inim, Shinui, £1.~e;1r, ~nd V0a13n's (VOUps. no.bin

(Uld Ulon ere enger to ro· e n deal . Navo ot on TV yeDterc rJ.i.Y to $ny

that even though there ~re 20 secret clauses in the de~l, still it ' s

good. Por es is unhR.PrY a.nd vary. Ilu"t he oe a.long rith thudanl.

So that lee.v.cs ae and Dr_y Dones (plus the Likud) in the

opposition.

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Rabby Herbert A. Friedman 15 Eben Gvirol Street Jerusalem, Israel

Dear Herb,

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August 11, 1975

Thank you for your handwritten letter {yet legibile)dated August 7, copy of which I ' m enclosing hereto assuming that you do'nt have one .

The following will be a short rundown of what's happening in the different cities , and maybe some thoughts about the future.

1. ATLANTA

Renewed my good rel ations with Mike and they are being helpful, currently trying to work out something with the girls of Bnei Brith.

2 . HOUSTON

I put Noga - our Rep . there - to work in a more systematic way and we are preparing first mailing to the community after we get an endorsement letter signed by several mem­bers. Earl is of course cooperative and will admit her to all UJA events .

3 . ST . LOUIS

Still looking for someone to take it as a full time job. Someone who will also keep an eye on Oklahoma{State),Omaha, DesMoines, and Kansas City • I visited the last two and in pesMoines Garry Rubin (or, should I say : his wife) will take it over . All the material they need was already sent . In ~akna~ 9~ty , Soul is helpful and wise and in a week he will o i the Academy will take this on as a project •

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Rabby H. A. Friedman Aug . 7, 1975

Mr. Blwnberg is very quiet and I am putting on a tracer .

5. NORFOLK VA.

Almog is very helpful but wants to go back to Israel, so I am trying to work something out with his No.2 .

6. DENVER

You know - as dead as ever .

7 . NEW YORK

Have arranged with Michel to be admitted into some UJA events. I still have to work out with his No.2 about the rest of the meetings . As far as mailing lists are concerned , everybody in New York is scared to death but I'm fighting it out as this might turn out to be our most important achievement.

8 • LOS ANGELES

Met with Bronstein and followed up with a letter. Our matter is going to be taken up at their Board meeting , on August 11.

9 . ALBANY

I ~rote yesterday to Don Gould a letter and am awaiting for him to call me back.

10. ATLANTIC CITY

Meeting with the Executive Director next Wednesday. I gave him 50 pictorials for his leadership development program.

11. VINELAND

Judy is experiencing a very rough time . I might visit her after Atlantic City .

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Rabby H. A. Friedman August 7 , 1975

The mailing and follow up on the list have produced nc?)I results (what can be expected if Mandelcorn and his President , who signed an endorsement letter, declined to buy ? -) •

I'm leaving them alone at the moment and await until we get someone to run our Cleveland operation. From this you may gather that I want to have a Rep. in Cleveland to cover Ohio , Detroit and Pittsburg . This is even more important, I think, that a Chicago Rep.

13. DAYTON

A committee was formed . The material was forwarded to them and they are working now on a mailing list for us.

14 . MILWAUKEE

From Zar&t's letter to you , you should know that we do not have to waste our time there. The Board 0£ Jewish Education is also moving very slowly , but thfJough Baron I hope to get next week to lay a leader there and get things to move .

15 . BALTIMORE

Direct mail experiment was highly successful . 3 % orders and minimum of expenses. However, unfortunately, we are not allowed yet to follow up by phone and in my second letter I did ' nt offer the possibility to ask for a personal appointment (but everyone is entitled to a certain percen­tage of mistakes). Will pobably go on now for a larger and less cohisive group and test the idea further.

16. YOUNG LEADERSHIP

I met Allan Rudy and he agreed to let us make a mailing to the entire Young Leadership Cabinet. Also, to have a display and have me at a luncheon during the Young Leader­ship Retreat in October.

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Rabby H.A.Friedman August 7 , 1975

It is now a matter of principle for me to get into the convention in Miami and am sending lots of "Blood Hounds" after him. Let ' s wait and see what happens .

lB. BOSTON

We have found a real "Nudnick" to run the operation there . He is going to drive a quarter of a million Jews of the area crazy, but I think he ' ll be able to sell the set . Of course, I 'll go with him when he arrives from Israel afte r Yorn Kippur .

19. CHICAGO

As you know, we are reopening the office there but I was informed t oo late about this to arrange a meeting for the new Rep. with Gi deon and James Rice, when they visited Chicago earlier this week.

20 . PORTLAND ORE.

Shenker is unavailable but I met with the E.o1 stein who is trying t o f ind someone to do the job.

21 . I have also made a presentation at the Intermediaries Cities meeting and am going to make one at the Small Cities meeting this month .

I think t hat as far as the different operations are concerned this is it .

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Rabby H. A. Friedman August 7 , 1975

Let me now give you some of my ideas as to how the regional off ices should operate :

New York Cleveland Boston Baltimore L. Angeles

Chicago Kansas City

Miami

N. Y., Albany, Catskills , N.Jersey . Clev., Ohio , Detroi t , Toronto , Buffalo, Pittsburg. Boston, Me,ss , ,Rode Island , Portland,~ ' VT, NH . Baltimore, P~i.washington D. C. ,Virginia. S . Francisco, S . Diego , Portland, Oregon, Seatle, Washington , Nevada . Chicago , Milwaukee , Indiana . KC, Wichi tta , &. Louis , DesMoines , Omaha, Oklahoma. Although S . Louis is by far the biggest, Kansas C. is better s i tuated geographically . Unfortunately, S~Louis cannot be controlled from Chicago according to my opinion because of the person chosen to run the office, who is both a she and a widow, and I do ' nt mean to discriminate as it is unconstitutional .

Florida and Georgiaj Houston; Texas and Louisiana .

I hope the above gives you a pretty good picture of what's happening. The off ice is now in a good shape. With the final touches in September, after we move, it should become a normal place again. So , right now, I'm devoting most of my time to what should be done to develop a sales system and some of the fire works will probabl y reach you .

Looking forward to having your connnents and ideas, and wishing you a very Happy New Year, I remain ,

P . S.

we should be thinking about your forthcoming visit here.

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Rabbi Herbert A. Friedman 15 lBN Gabirol Street Jerusalem, Israel 92430

Dear Herb:

I just finished speaking with Mike Brissman in order to confirm my impression that the encyclopedia project had not been turned down by "various groups" but rather that it had really been stopped by Jack Kay, the encumbent president. Mike told me that when the matter was discussed at a planning meeting which I could not attend, the matter was brought up by him and that Jack Kay said that he did not wish to become involved in it . Conversations held by Mike with various people on his staff have not been positive .

Therefore, it now seems that it will be up to me to figure out how to put across the project after I am elected in the middle of June. I don't have the plan worked out in my mind at this moment. As soon as I do I shall let you know what it is. You can be assured that whatever the plan is, I will do the selling.

Best regards .

Sincerely,

HB/ mb

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Max H. Karl President

Melvin S. Zaret Exec. Vice President

Mr. Herbert A. Friedman 15 Ibn Gabirol Street Jerusalem, Israel 92430

Dear Herb:

1360 North Prospect Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

July 3, 1975

I am sorry that I was out when you called. I would have wanted to be able to talk with you but you were gone before I could do that.

I will be in touch with Harry Epstein about the Encyclopedia Judaica.

I must tell you that we have so many things to do, so many problems to handle that our taking on a project at this tim.e may become impossible but I shall still try. I will let you know as soon as I hear from Epstein but in the meantime wanted to acknowledge your letter.

My very best.

~ Melvin S. Zaret

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FROM: R. Dissentshik

This report will consist of two parts, one-city by city, two-general evaluation •

SUBJECT: Report on The State of Affairs of the Friedman Operation

..,,/ Washington-our request has been denied by all the conunitties that it was referred to and Mr. Brissm.an suggests that we wait until July when Blumberg becomes President. In agreement with Herb, I am acting according to his_· advice.

Baltimore-Got nowhere as predicted with the Board of Jewish Education. We are working on a direct maii effort to t he customers of the Hebrew College Books tore , an experiment which might be our direction for the rest of the country .

/ Atlanta-As agreed with Gettinger and Sidney Feldman, waiting for mid-May to start working.

v St.Louis- Going to the Expo and meeting Rabinowitz on 5/1 to work out some ideas for the future . He was not able to find anyone to head a committee.

H / Houston-Will meet Bob Hect on 5/2. Hopefully to

activate the young leadership .

~ Denver-Getting no cooperation whatsoever from the Federation. Will meet the assistant director of the J.c.c. on 5/5 to try and help them set up an organization. The J.c . c . is quite interested but quite without imagination.

v Milwaukee- zaret is quite uncooperative. However, worked out an agreement with the Board of Education,but at their insistence it is on a commission basis. Hope to finalize arrangement within the next week .

Dayton-Lou Goldman keeps feeding me with "domani" promises. I realize he is very busy so I keep the pressure low, especially as there is no chance to get any help from Fitterrnan.

Columbus-Some time within the next ten days a mailing will go to the entire community. A follow-up procedure is not entirely clear as Mandelkorn is an impossible man to work with. But, Keep the faith.

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Cleveland-The presentat~ the Board will be done this week. Student recruitment is almost impossible. However, when necessary will send out own staff to work on the leads as we get them.

Norfolk,Va-Touched base with them and was promised help. Should get back to them mid-May after the campaign is o-v:er-:J

General Evaluation of the process is as follows --

It becomes evident that some of the people would not help. Some of them are willing to help, but have troubles and some are doing what they can to help. However, not in the direction that we were thinking about. As I mentioned already in the first week of our tour, something good will come•out of it, but the way I see it now I dent see any chance of volunteer committees either because the concept cannot work for a commerical venture or because people are not committed enough or maybe I am not good enough at making them committed.

What we are going to get out of this is hopefully -mailings and leads and probably the follow-up will have to be done by us. However,we are proceeding slowly because I do not want to give UJ?. the original concept yet . If it turns out that we have to do the follow-up outselves, we shall still try to find a way to do it at a cost which is lower than our present commission setup requires.

Please let me know Herb's exact travel plan and his time available for us so we can work out some follow-up.

R. Dissentshik

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Mr. Ronnie D1ssentsh1k Keter Inc., 104 E. 40th St~eet New York, N.Y. 10016 USA

Dear Ronnie:

May 4, 1975

I met with Mr. Risch1n and analyzed wf th him your sunmary menorandUm dated 23 Apr11. Let me g1v~ my reactions, city by cfty - tffen some general comnents.

1. Washin,ton - If Brtsman suggests wafttng unt11 BlUmberg becomes president, and br ngs 1 d1fferent (1.e. positive) attitude toward our request - it certainly 1111kes settse to watt. But in thts fnterfm period, a detailed discussion should take place ~1th Blu!Wberg, to analyze exactly what cpurse of action he Will take once he h 1n offtce. I wouldsuggest your gofng down to see h111, fn order to try to ftx a procedure. 1•11 write to h1m personally along these Jtnes, and ask him to work out a definite plan w1th you.

2. Baltimore - A dtrect 111111 effort to the customers of the Hebriew College bookstore might be a good experiment - but I inderstand from Mr. R1sch1n that th1s means offering a price fn the range of $495. Once you do that you are stuck wfth that price 1n the Ba1t1more area for all types of sales. not just direct man. Maybe 1t will be worth it. Have you consulted with Hiller ? Is the Bureau of Jewish £ducat1on really incapable of recruf ttng 1 volunteer sales force from a..ong its parents ? Have you met wf th the1r Board to try to persuade them ?

3. Atlanta - If the agreed date to start working (1.e. planning) was mid-May, then you are right at 1t. Keep pushfng Gettinger and Beldman. The letter has a g~eat deal of public acceptib11tty 1n the cotmJUnity. If he really wants to organ•se a conn1ttee, he can. He needs lots of t~lk1ng to, and often takes his time, but once he dec1~es to do somethfn.g - then he moves. You must convf n1e hfm thf s 1s wor•hwhf le for everyone. See hfm two or three times - throw out different ideas - sanethtng will click.

4. St. Louts - By now you are into Expo and have seen Rabinowitz. If he couldn't persuade Bud Levin to head a c011111fttee, there must be other candidates; ask his assistant, Don Gartner, for suggestions. Maybe 8111 Kahn at the J.c.c. has a person. The basic attitude of these men, from the start, was pos1tfve. Don't l!t them off the hook.

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5. Houston - By inow you have also met with Hecht. As I wrote you, when I saw hf11 he~ 1n ls~ael a few weeks ago, he d6f1n1te1y pr0111ised to gtve the assignment to Joel Spiro and his group.

6. Denver - It's no surprise that you are getting no cooperation from the Federation. That was apparent to us from the beginning. But what about creating 1 $tudent sales force ? There are lots of Jewish students in Denver and Boulder (University of Colorado). I am sure Rosenberg would go along with providtng lfsts of names. As for ~.c.c., 1'f the director lacks 1magfnat1on, you don•t.

7. Mflwaukee - fw su111rtsed at Za~et' s t')On-cooperation. We both know he 1s confueed, but I thought he would help. If the Board of Education will take on the job (even on a conntss1on basis - what's the difference ff you pay money fflstead of trtps >~ they w111 need constant support and encour.agement. You will have to plan several vtstts.

8. ~ - I ani not sure ~t is necessary to ltetJ> the pressure on Goldtnln so low. ~111, ht did say the project shOUld be undertakeb, and even suggested the vehicle of the Hillel Acad~. I would press hi• to arrange a meeting w1MI the pres1defit and the BO&rd, for you to caae out and present the case­and for h1m to prov1de the proml se to be there to support you. I '11 write to Goldman along these lines.

9. Colt111bus - A mailing to the entire connunity may bring sasie interesting results~ but that 1$ no substitute for. a sales force. As a 1111tter of fact. the •111')9 fs a gOOd pre11•1nal'Y move. wtch stiould be quickly followed up by a personal salesman. GcMldon Zacts certainly understands that. Have you kept 1n touch with tttm ? He 'is the single most l11POrtant leader tn the town. Tel 1 him your troubles. Press h1• to get a volunteer C01?1Dtttee organised. Really press him.

10. Cleveland - I am not clear on the ~tnt of student ~ltment. Your memo said 1t was almost 1'1JK)ss1ble. Mr. R1schin's notes fftdtcated that the 1oca1 H111e1 Foundatfon was working on 1t. Has the Jewish Vocational Service failed? I f.1nd 1t hard to believe. 1n the faee-0f a no-Job situation this SL1111Der. that smne ntlnbcr of students couldn't be found.

11. Norfolk - One of the Stre11tz brothers ts here now with a mission fran Norfolk. I'll talk to hfm and then let you knOW h1s reactions. I believe they would be willing to help, and might even supply one of the wives (preferably Hrs. Leonard Stre11tz) as the cha1""4n. She would do 1 very good job.

General Evaluation: You offered three Telsons whY you don't have much hope for volunteer conntttees,

and 1n my Judgment the correct one of the three ts the second, naely, • people are not coamttted enough.a They are not. Nor can they be expected to become sympathetfcally connttted after one visit. To achieve coaattlnent. lots of bra1ntlfash1ng 1s required -lots of 1tersuaston - lots of conversation - ktckf ng around lots of ideas over and over -until gradually 1 convictton begfns to crystallize.

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TMt•s tM wle secret. and ft caN10t .,. don& by telepltone. TM personal v1stt -the perso...1 i11pact. ewer and over - is the cl• to 1qcces1 ..... )lu are trying to mt1Y1te a volunteer effort.

Trnel costs 90"'1 - bUt that's no reasan not to tnvel.. You shouldn't hesttate one second to spend •in .. travel~ ts reqt1fred. "After a 15-20 •t-. phone conversattOft. both H-rttes an ttred. and stfll t"lllOte. After' ~ hlur face-to-face. tfle converut1on enly begtas to warm up.

I would earnestly recgz and a relentless travel Schedule. ICMp at 1t. As you s1fd f,... the begiMflll. lallethtng wt11 ccae out of tbae ~•1t1es. ,.,....,. not tn the fo,. I ortgtnalty suggested, but scme sort of acttort. For •1'1thtng sertous to happen, some l*Pl• .st bit co.1tted t. •k 1t .wk, That nqutres tM contUftt t11Hct of your persontltu aid your push.

Al ever.

tlllrbert A. Fr1 edllllftJ

Mr. Louis Goldman Goldman, Bogin and Fox 40 West fourth Street Dayton, Ohio 45402 USA

Dear Lou:

May 5, 1975

Shmuel Gorod1sh and I had a long v1s~t at>Out two weeks ago, in which a goodly portion of the time was spent on you. ecause we both like you, we talked about you. When are you coming over ? Isn't it about t1me for a v1s1t ?

I don't want to ask h'iunt outestions abh t your erso al affairs but I ~ould like to repeat l!l,Y offer that 1) ~f th r is ythin~ I c-n do to aive instruction in Judaism, 1'11 be glad to.

Recart'4i n3 the l.i:r'"Vt: " •" 'fur. i ca h0 t ·e sa y ' iancf Ro F. 1 n February in your off1-ce, you er th:.isiitst1c,, ve 1f e ·asn' nd sa1d 1ery strongly that you thought a vDlu ,teer sales group could be organised amo~g the H111el Academy parents, and at you ~ u1Cf nderta e t sell the President of the Acade~y on the idea.

I t:nov1 ho~1 bus,y you ar ,. t business arid p.ers al attersJ but I would really appreciate your setting u > a w.eeti q wit'1 t'1e Hi11e1 Acadeity Board, and f~v1te Ronnie Oissentshik thE!re. and you b t' r yourself. to bac~ up the proposal. Tffen ft w111 \Ork.

Blind copies : Mr.. R. Dissentshik Mr. Y. Rischin Mr. Z. Lehrman

As ever.,

erbert A. Fr1edtnan

Mr. Herschel Blumberg Spruell Development Corporatiop Presidential Buf ldtng 6525 Be1crest Road Hyattsville Maryland 20782 USA

Dear Herschel:

Ma.Y 5, 1975

According to infon?T1t1on have received, the idea of forming a volunteer force to se11 the Enc clo ed1a Judaica an t us earn trips o Isr el has been turned down by va'r6o s groups whom it as ee proposed, an no~ the suggestion is to wait until you asce d t> the resi ency in July, following which there wf H be a change f n the a ospe er ano a new att1tu e.

I certainly d e f e11n e to etber i s 1 gton 1n February that you were enthusiastic a ~t t~e jdea - both from the educational point of view (spreading the Juda1ca) from the tr1p point of view (sending people to Israel to "turn them on. 11

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The question 1 would 1ike to ask is what plan do you propose to adopt once you are in office> and can more or- less detenni ne the policy as you l1iish. What ideas do you have 1 Yo wer.e -thinking in February of asking the Woaen's Dfvieion to undertake the job. Have t ey refused ? ho tried to sell it to them ?

Perhaps it would be a go i1 idea for you together with Mike, to meet trith Ronnie Dissentsh1k, and shar.p your sits with each other, to figure out the best approach. I would l~ke o see the planning and deciding take place bet\een now and July - so that when y do come into office, a system can be put into effect rapidly.

All the best,

Blind copies to:

Mr. Ronnie Dissentshik Mr. Y. Rischin Mr. Z. Lehnnan

As ever.,

Herbert A. Friedman

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ATH HERB FR I EDMA~l \~ 1/l BR I SSr,:Ar' I r1 1 .'AS~ I. GTGt1 SIJG~'"'1HAT . .IE 'tJA IT u~11 IL JULY U'1T 1 l BLU~BERG BECOVES PRESl~E~T ~~~THE CFFICIAL ~TTITUCE WILL BE CHA11GED r'EAr~/H I LE YGU"G L':ADE~SH Ip I" dASH I t'GTC I

TURNE .0 Dowr~ THE OFFER I SUGG 'r'IE FOLLO'vl HI s ~D v I c E REG"'R OS ROl\1 ~· 1 E

f,lr H. Freedman 25 Ibn Gvirol Jerusalem ISRAEL

Dear Herb

31 Belitha Villas Islington N 1

10th April 1975

I thought I had better let you know that Rotstein of the Ketter office here in London yesterday, the 9th April , made a probing telephone call to ~she Gur here at ~ex House and I have naturally been wondering whether he has ::::ade other calls to people here as well . lie .-.. enquired about me.

I wonder whether youL,flt your end can look into this in order to minimise, if not entirely eliminate,all such telephone calls . Kindly reply to .me if possible to my home address as above .

Yours sincerely

.i:,;li l!;red

Telephone: A.Tea Code 41'1/271-8338

Miliwaukee Jewish Federation, Inc.

Max H. Karl President

Melvin S. Zaret Exec. Vice Presi.dent

Mr. Herbert A. Fried1nan 15 Ibn Gabirol Street Jerusalem, Israel 92.4·30

Dear Herb:

1360 North Prospect Avenue Milwaukee, Wisconsin 53202

April 8, 1975

Thanks very much for your March 17th note. Ron tried to reach me on the telephone but I simply could not return his call at the time. Hence, I am sending him a copy of this note to you.

I want you to know that we will do our best in connection with the encyclopedia. At the same time, I do:n1t want us to be under any false illusions. Our effort in connection wit:h the encyclopedia will need to be sometime after the conclusion of our campaign. It will require the deployment of people who have time and the use of staff with some time and such time is not easy to come by. The Board of Jewish Education may be able to provide some aid but it too has its hands full. With all of this, obviously, we will do our best and. I hope that we can be successful.

I know that I don1t need. to tell you that it was good to see you, that it would have been better if we would have had more time together and I look forward always to hearing from you and seeing you.

My very best.

MSZ/hew cc: Ron

Encyclopedia Juda ica

Co~

Melvin S. Zaret

MILW)\UKEE JEWISH WELFARE FUND

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.JeraM!em Pmt EcoaomSc: Corr-..poadeat cludfng the C08t-of-livtng allowance Tbe Ket.er pubHahlng houae lmt ln .July). Our average .elling price.

IL8m. 1ut year, but bo~ that ln :r.t'ael po1111d.I, baa rlaen by only bWltnea wm recover ~"IJD 10-16 per cent. Add a 20 per cent 1975, company eources aw. . lmpren'.ement ln productMty, and

"' · ~ .W ln the red.'' Tbe main dbappolntment W89 Ill ~ diftleultlu were due

the company's biggest prOdlltt. 'the ~,.,.r to the world recealon, wblch 16-volume Encyclopaedia J~ bad )lit the publiahlng trade hard. wblch costs '$4JU5 (lncludtDg two ~ company had cut it.a sta.tr YearbooU). A total ot 5,700 .eta fiorn 350 to 300. were eold lut year, u agatpst a The 'printing abop had abown a target ot 9,000. amaU lou l&lt year, largely becauae

However, even thia figure would 'it had acquired c08tly photo-elec­have been enough had it not been !or tronic equipment for the encyclo­a steep nae ln costs throughout the paedia, and th18 equipment waa now Ilraell economy, Keter's managing under-employed. director, Yltzbak JUah.ln told The Salee target for the encyclopaedia J~ Post yesterday. thl8 year is 10.000 setL

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Mr. Herbert A. Friedman 15 IBN Gabirol Street Jerusalem, Israel 92430

Dear Herb:

March 25, 1975

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In reply to your note of March 17th I spoke to Jay Yoskowitz and offered 11\Y assistance to him in his conversation with Joel Spira, who is Chainnan of the Young Leadershi p group. I will keep you advised.

Also, Bob Hecht is leaving for Israel on March 30th and will be there unti l April 11th. He will be staying at t he Tel Aviv Country Club. I sent him a copy of your letter and also suggested that he call you to further di scuss the matter. Hope you two get together.

This will al so give me the opportunity to thank you most s incerely for your very kind note to Max Braude dated March 11th concerning rt\Y poss ible association with ORT.

Kindest regards .

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Encyclopaedia Judaica 104 East 40th Street New York, New York 10016

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I am herewith enclosing a copy of the bill received by me yesterday and a copy of my letter of January 2 to you concerning the purchase of the books when I was LO Israel. I am suggesting that unless the contract price agreed on in Israel is accepted I stand ready to have you pick the books up and forget the purchase.

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Gentlemen:

March 18,1975

On June 5,1972 t bought and paid for a set of Encyclopedia Judaica. T.le purchase was made through !.Jomens American ORT, and donated to 'Sorfolk Jewish Community Center.

Approximately 3 weeks ago, I received a call from~. R. Ungar. She stated your C01!ll>&ny has been senclin~ bills and making telephone call;s for 3 yea~ to collect the monies she claimed were due.

Since I had received no calls fr°"' anvone at anvttme, and frankly, had forgotten about the donation and the circumstances, I asked her to send me details concerning whatever she was referrin~ to, and that I would attemot to straighten the matter out.

Ms. Ungar, in an autocratic and belligerent tone, ordered me to searc~ all ifI.Y records, etc. since I was so delinquent.

I located the records the next evening; they are enclosed. niey indicate payment was made. M.eatl'IJhile, to my amazement I received a note , a copy of which you can see threatens me with "delinquent re1>0rting, etc." !bis was after I explained I had never received any notice during these 3 years.

Frankly, thi.s asinine b~'lavior on your firms -part has angered me and llIY family . I can assure you, you would have been hit Trlth a substantial libel suit, which would have been dtligently pursued to the end. People need protection front such stu?id actions and slOl>py record keeoing as Keter has displayed.

I phoned·){s. Ungar and told her the records were found. All she co~ld say 'I.as, liurry up- mail them immediatelv, etc. No apolo,ey- or stateaent that your records could be wrong.

At any rate, enclosed are copies sborrlng proof of oayment. As far as I am concerned, forget any apologies; thev are not wanted - nor will th ey be accpeted.

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Deir Henhel:

March 17. 1975

tau boN ~~t1o.1 &111 Of M»r.Mdins tlds throujh • ..._, .... ·~~,,_....,__ ud tf' JIM .... t~ push the ~t. crea~ aa ~tve sal.S 1'la. end (1• ft your fulJ .ral. ~nt .. _.. fl .., r.-. . ...., ~ of sets ._...t .. a&ld.

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Sf rte.rely,

Herbert A. Fr1edmn

Hr. Robert I. H11 er Associated Jewish Charities llld Welfare Funds

319 West Monument Street Balttmore, Md. 212~1 USA

Dear Bob:

March 17, 1975

Just a qutck te t~rtt you for the friendliness of your reception :Please keep an eye on the Encyclopedia proJ t. If ~ feel that t'he guy at the Bureau of E at1on fs bu1ldtng an ldequate sales force and can realtl hlrid1e tt, that wtll be f1ne. If you hlY.e an,y dciubts, create another 1nstl"a.ent to take the respons1b111ty.

lhlnts once •~in, Sincerely.

Herbert A. Friedman

Mr. Max c .. Getttnge Atlanta J!Wish Mel re Federation Inc. 1753 Peac•tree Road Atlanta. Geog1a.

Dear Mike:

March 17. 1975

Many thanks foir YQUr frf endly reception. Xnawing Y91!1r attitude towan s Jewish education. t • sure ypu Wf 11 tJlce seriously the 111tter of creating a p~r sales force for- the £ncyc1opec:Ua Juda1ca. If you really take it fn hand and get the .rfght lay leaders working on tt, together wit all tile other factors 1n the ccmnuntty "'9Cll ~ ..a>fl1se - hi otlier 'tllOnls. ~te a cross section 01 le to hand& the ates. -there ts no l'elSOtl iy several fMtilred of sets could aot be sold.

,ln the .. ~,. of the lay 1-..ers to undertake tl'e purchase of ..,.,.111~s in bu1t ftr d1str.tbutfon to 111 of the un1....sitfH .t),)' not 1st ll11ton Vefnstetn and Sfdney F'e1dllln. I saw fft 1tmct. that lla;Y, to consider the responsfb111ty.

Hr. Hilton Wefnsj:efn Natf onal Servf ce Industries 1180 Peachtree Re.ad NE Atlanta Georgia

Dear Milton:

March 17. 1975

It was good seeing you for lunch. even though our v1s1t was so rtef. We didn't really get to ta 1 k very llUCh atJOUt the Eneyclopedf 1 Juda tea. on whose behalf I N!1 s 11at1ng 1 'Nfclt swfng through tea COlllUll1ttes. "1 ke Gettinger ts gof ng to try to do smethtng m.-tthe Eneyclopectf 1, and I hope you will Supp()rt hfm.

Jtext tf• ycu CGlle to tfle Holy Land or the Holy Cfty, please• call.

stneerely.

Herbert A. frf edlllln

Mr. Dave Rabtnow1tz Jewish Federation -of St. Louts 611 011ve Street St. Louis, Ho. 63101 UIA

Dear Dave:

March 17, 1975

Just a short note to say thank~ for your friendly reception. I know you will do everything possible to create tfie rfght kind of sales force to get behind the Encyc1oped1a project. If you decide to give 1 t to the Young '-eadershfp groups, the whole trick wfll be to follow up in an organised way, as YoU do fn any c111patgn, to see that the 1argest ntnbers of purchasers are covered.

With deepest thanks, 1 n,

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Mr. wn11am Kahn Jewish COlllllUntty Center 11011 Schuetz Road St. Louts, Ho.

Oear 8111:

March 17. 1975

Just a short note to s-.y thinks for your very friendly attitude r~ardtng the Encyclopedta Judatca, Asfde from the exposure which wf 11 take place during Expo, I .. really 4nterested tn the creation of an effecttve sales force whtch can follow up after Expo and vts1t the largest nllllbel"S of po,tenttal purchasers.

Thinks 1n advance for what YC>U and Dave will do.

Sincerely,

March 17, 1975

Mr. NI than ltosenbe A111ded Jewtsh Fede••t1on of Denver 400 k1ttrectte Bu11dt"9 Denver. Colorado aoab2

Dear Nat:

Just a short nolte to say thinks for your frf endly reception on my rec t v1sf t. I know you wf 11 do your best to create , sales fora for the Enc:yclopedfa. Your assistant, Chrt , thouabt that the. best veht•le afght be the Youag lMdershl' :group. tMlt tt ts up to you to detf cle.

Also. I dU;ld •l'f>rectate ~ 91vtng ._ ~t to ffndfng a.. ene ~'"'°could !'1"'1• the IMl1t purch&A for unfverstt111. tnce-Jlct ltfVy Cleliuri'ed,.J'OU suggested Bruce P.au1, but lifllen called ~be was oat t1f ~ fen' several 411$. ,.... you CM 1ell Itta ~ tM project, and tbln leflinie Dfssactflt could can h1.- ..,.,_ Hew York to ulte the etual request.

W1 th thanks,

Stncerel,y,

Mr. Gordon lacks R.6. Barry Cof'pora.:ton 78 East Chestnut Sf,reet Co11.111bus~ Ohfo 43Z~5 USA

Dear Gordie:

March 17. 1975

Just the brte est of notes to say how good and stf11tUlat1ng it was to see you. You st111 pop out new ideas b.J the bucke fu1.

Regerdtn.g the EncyclopecOa, please P.ttlh Mandel.torn and tey to see tha a proper sal• force 1ets ttMted.

Retar.Cltilg a IMltlk ~ ,.. tM Tauafioft foundation, for dtstrtbutton ~.,_ the c;f 11*.i• aild Uft1Yers1ttes. tell Scbottenstetn that tfie \lt llftgessll" FoundatfOft .up in tJ~el&nd 1s wt111~ to iJtt to sets (a\ $500 e1ch set for a •ttl of $26,000J • ,.. dtstribM1ow m the northern part 6' the state-, theref•• the Yasseftoff f~t1on might be encouraged to d sa.eth1"9 sf1111lar tn the ~them part of the state.

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Washington 17.2.75 Call after Board Ask Herschel Meeting 21.3. Blumberg to suggest

Baltimore 18.2.75 Call Bureau of Education in 2 -weeks -. /~''c _,...,

Atlanta Check in 2 to1 -19.2.75

3 weeks Ask Gettinger if he wi 11 let you '\~ solicit Sidney

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Hillel Academy - . Columbus 27.2.75 Check in 2 weeks I Tell Gordon Zacks .

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