As far as YU faculty and students are concerned, the love for Israel is very strong. Probably about three thousand of our graduates have settled in Israel. On average, every year 650 male and female students study in Israel for a minimum of one year.

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.