Norman Lamm

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. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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No religious position is loyally served by refusing to consider annoying theories which may well turn out to be facts. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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As a result of this article, I was invited to testify in the Senate Judiciary Committee on privacy law. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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However, the word madda in modern Hebrew specifically means science. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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I showed that privacy was an implicit right in Jewish law, probably going back to the second or third century, when it was elaborated on in a legal way. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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

— Norman Lamm

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

— Norman Lamm

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Judaism is an intellectually based religion, and the single most important theme is that of study. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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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. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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Most Modern Orthodox are religious Zionists. Despite all differences and nuances among us, we consider the founding of the State a historic change. We accept it as something that came from Providence. ↗

— Norman Lamm

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