TLS signed “J K Javitz,” one page, 8 x 10.5, United States Senate, Committee on Labor and Public Welfare letterhead, July 31, 1962. Letter to Mr. Alan R. Lichter, in part: “You ask the question, ‘What is your view of the present character of Judaism in America?’ I can only present my own point of view which is as follows: I think that a Jew is a person who has had years of experience in living and therefore has a sense of perspective; who realizes perhaps more than most people or at least as much as most people, what really is important and what is not….my personal philosophy of our faith is that it has realization of things which are big and deep and vital…distinguished by the word ‘justice.’ I think to us this is the most important of all manifestations of man and his loftiest achievement….It is very hard, I think, for a Jew in a high place to do something without a consciousness that what he does is representative not only of himself but of a whole people, or a whole concept of living which has gone on for centuries….a sense of justice and a sense of proportion about what is really important. These are the distinguishing aspects of what the character of Judaism should be in America.” In fine condition, with trivial creasing to upper edge. RR Auction COA.
