Norman Lamm Quotes

Norman Lamm — American Educator

Norman Lamm is a major American Modern Orthodox rabbi, scholar, author and Jewish communal leader. He was the Chancellor of Yeshiva University until he announced his retirement on July 1, 2013... (wikipedia)

Modern Orthodoxy has a highly positive attitude toward the State of Israel. Our Ultra-Orthodox brethren recognize only the Holy Land, but not the state.

My mother, whose family was heavily rabbinic, said she wanted me to continue the family tradition in the rabbinate. My father said he wanted me to be a scholar of the Talmud, but he wanted me to make my living in science.

Maimonides taught that it is better that 10 criminals go free than let one innocent man be executed. The Innocence Project represents that point of view.

In Judaism, there are 613 biblical commandments, and the Talmud says that the chief commandment of all is study.

I was not the midwife of the Law School, but its fraternal twin.