Israel - Miscellaneous Correspondence, 1954-1985

1954, 1957-1958, 1960-1965, [1969. 1985]. Correspondence with Doctor David Ben-Dov, Israeli Consul to the United States, about the arrangements for the visit of Ambassador Harman to Cornell on September 13, 1962; on the dismissal, on academic grounds, of an Israeli student (September 22, 1961); and on arrangements for Konvitz to guest lecture at Hebrew University (May 1961), and to study labor relations in Israel and, particularly, the Histadrut. Notes by Konvitz on the Histadrut regarding attitudes of workers and management toward workers on management councils. Letter to Doctor Konvitz from Zalman Shazar, President of Israel. Shazar mentions his visit to Cornell and his discussions with Konvitz, particularly on the problems of Jewish education. Shazar also mentions that he has lately been thinking of Konvitz in connection with the widespread debate on a number of articles by Hannah Ahrendt. Letters from Doctor Jacob I. Hartstein, Chairman of the Inter-University Committee on Israel. Konvitz became a member of the Committee (October 30 and September 17, 1962). (Some correspondence in Hebrew). Also routine personal letter from President Chaim Herzog, August 19, 1985.