Mrs Mindella 'Mindy' Lamm, wife of Yeshiva University president emeritus, Rabbi Dr Norman Lamm, has passed away.
Mindella Lamm's neice, Shira Dicker, suggested in a social media post that her aunt had died of
COVID-19.
"In
memory of our dear Aunt Mindy Lamm, who held aloft the entire world
until she was felled by this murderous affliction," Dicker wrote in a
Facebook post, calling on the New York public to protect itself and wear
masks.
"May her death not be in vain," she added.
"May her memory always be a blessing. May the leadership of this once
great nation act in the best interest of its citizens. And may everybody
adhere to public health and safety guidelines. #WearAFreakingMask."
Lamm
was born in Midwood, Brooklyn, New York and attended a Beis Yaakov
school before majoring in Education at Hunter College, the
Five Towns Jewish Times reported. After graduating she worked in the public school system in New York.
Her
husband was Chancellor of YU until his retirement in July 2013. A Dr.
of Jewish philosophy, he was the third president of the university and
the first to be born in America.
Following meeting her husband, Lamm reportedly threw herself into life at Yeshiva University.
Speaking
to the YU’s Commentator she said, “Being involved with YU on so many
levels was the experience of a lifetime. Before Dr. Lamm became
president of YU, I was very involved in all of the chesed work of the
Yeshiva University’s Women’s Organization. They do marvelous work and
don’t get enough credit for the enormous chesed they do for students.
Once Dr. Lamm became president, I assisted in every way I could. Those
were both very tough times, but also times of great building and hope.”
The Lamms had four children: Dr. Chaye Warburg, Dr. Joshua Lamm, Shalom Lamm and Sara Dratch.
As
their children grew older, Mindella accompanied her husband as he
traveled the world to meet dignitaries, visiting Egypt, London, Paris,
Australia and Beijing during her husband’s presidency.
“We entertained in our home or at YU on behalf of
Yeshiva and
the entire Jewish world and were privileged to get to meet or know many
extraordinary people—whether it was Abba Eban or Natan Sharansky,
Yehuda Avner, Menachem Begin, Yitzchak Rabin, and many others," she said
once. "It was a tremendous privilege. But with all of the extraordinary
people we met, including undergraduate faculty, Roshei Yeshiva and
graduate school faculties and administrators, [the] students were always
the highlight.”
Mindella "loved meeting Stern college students
when I audited classes, which I did often,” she added, explaining that
she also very much enjoyed visits by the students to the Lamm's summer
home in Sackett Lake, New York.
Mindella's private buriel took place on Friday, April 17.
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