I was critical of the Israeli government, however, for not being prepared for the move. One does not uproot thousands of people without planning in advance what will be done with them. This was a political and human error in which the government functioned poorly.

Lamm's grandfather was Rabbi Yeshoshua Baumol (1880–1948) who authored the Responsa - Emek Halakha. It is this kind of position which honest men particularly honest believers in God and Torah must adopt at all times and especially in our times.

He holds a Ph. Norman (Nachum) Lamm (born December 19 1927 in Brooklyn New York United States) is a major American Modern Orthodox rabbi scholar author and Jewish communal leader. He is the Chancellor of Yeshiva University.