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The Jerusalem Great Synagogue—A Halfway House? 59

                            standable  and  realistic  matter.  Should  the  obstacles  in  some
                            way diminish, the Jews will be ready.
                              Not  only  Jews  of  the  world  but  also  Christians  are  invited
                           to  take  part  in  the  building  of  the  Great  Jerusalem  Syna-
                           gogue.   Contributions   are   accepted,   and   Christians   are   ex-
                           tended  an  invitation  to  inspect  the  construction  site  of  the
                           progressing  synagogue.  The  senior  author  wrote  an  inquiry
                           to Dr. Jaffee and received the following gracious reply:



                                                          8th        Nissan,       5736
                                                          8th April, 1976
                                Reverend Thomas McCall,
                                5324 West N.W. Highway,
                                Dallas, Texas 75220,
                                U.S.A.

                                My dear Reverend McCall,
                                  Your  letter  of  the  28th  January  eventually  reached  us
                                and I must apologise for our delay.
                                  It  was  indeed  kind  of  you  to  make  inquiries  about  the
                                Jerusalem  Great  Synagogue.  For  your  information  I  am
                                sending  you  herewith  a  pamphlet  on  the  subject.  The  ex-
                                terior  of  the  building  has  been  extremely  improved  since
                                the  pamphlet  has  published  but  generally  we  are  doing
                                everything  possible  to  make  this  the  most  beautiful  Syna-
                                gogue  in  the  world  for  Jerusalem  deserves  nothing  less.
                                Cheques  can  be  sent  to  our  New  York  office,  the  address
                                being  the  Jerusalem  Great  Synagogue,  Suite  1500,  2  Penn
                                Plaza,  New  York  1001.  Where  the  donor  wishes  to  ben-
                                efit  from  the  tax-free  excemption  the  cheques  should  be
                                made  payable  to  the  American  Hechal  Shlomo  Committee
                                Inc.
                                  We are looking forward to hearing from you and hope
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