Story of 'Jennie,' Genius of Grossinger's Inspirer of Fountainhead of 'Borsht Belt' A distinguished lady whose fame cesses that become possible as has spread to many lands whence compensations for labors in a dedi- came guests at her resort hotel is cated American atmosphere. the subject of a. - The Jennie story is especially truly delightful noteworthy because it relates an biography. untold number of anecdotes, It "Jennie and the is in great measure about the Story of the Gros- hostess whose personal role was singers" is told so vital to the Grossinger ven- with love and ad- ture. Also—it is a tribute to the miration by Joel genius of the woman who ele- Pomerantz. Pub- vated her resort to a noble posi- lished by Grosset tion as a respecter of the Jewish and Dunlap, this dietary laws, as a gatherer of the full length biog- greats in Jewry and for most gaphy gives a notable Jewish gatherings, while full account of also influencing eminent non- Jennie Grossin- Jews of all faiths and races for ger's childhood„ a unity in brotherhood, and as a the family's in- cornerstone for the "Borsht terests, the begin- Belt." nings of the _ - George Jessel called Jennie "the sort hotel and its Jennie emergence into a legend marked best-known innkeeper." This is stating it very simply, when as a by realities. Many of the great stars of the Project to Rediscover American theater and of those who predominate in the night- Jewish Values Begun clubs stemmed from the first successes they attained at Gros- by NY College Students singer's. "Lindy's with trees" is ALBANY (JTA) — A group of the way Damon Runyon de- students at the State University of scribed Grossinger's. George New York at Albany (SUNYA) is Jessel, Eddie Cantor, Red But- planning to launch a "Jewish Re- tons, Rocky Marciano, Nobel discovery Project" on the campus Prize winners, noted scientists, next fall. labor leaders, politicians, gov- Its motivation is "a common de- ernors, senators, a world's who's sire to rediscover Jewish values who passed through Grossinger's. relevant to current problems and On that score alone the Jennie to act upon such problems as a story emerges as a fabulous tale Jewish group," according to a of a woman's successes. But it is prospectus released here. the family story that equals if it The students are working with does not surpass the one about the Rabbi Leonard M. Kaplan of Cong. notables at the resort in the Ohav Sholom, the Jewish religious Catskills. adviser at SUNYA. They estimate the Jewish student There were the early struggles— the all-too-generous portions in the population at 2,370 or 19.5 per cent East Side New York restaurant of the 12,125 total, and the Jewish that caused failure in a venture faculty at 200 members, 9.2 per that afterward directed them to the cent of the total. According to Rabbi Kaplan, Jew- Catskills. Then began the great success that is synonymous with ish student activists are already the American dream, with the suc- largely responsible for the creation of the first full Judaica department in the entire New York State Uni- Israeli Court Rejects versity system, which will open in September under the chairmanship Private Civil Marriages of Prof. Jerome Eckstein. TEL AVIV (JTA)—A Tel Aviv They also are responsible for district court rejected the applica- a Free University of Judaica, tion of two Israeli couples to have offering courses that would not their "private" marriage recogn- normally come under the Judaica ized. department, a kosher food plan The couples, Ilan Rogizinsky and provided by the university and a Yael Tzahori of Kibutz Evron, and special Passover food plan ad- Danni and Tamar Shifoni, of ministered by the university, Kibutz EM Dor, petitioned for Rabbi Kaplan reported. recognition of their nonreligious The prospectus calls for four sub- marriages on grounds that they cooperatives—a study cooperative, are non-believers. an information cooperative, an ac- They said that to require them tion cooperative and a religion co- to undergo marriage ceremonies operative. In the latter, students performed by a rabbi according will explore Hassidism as an ave- to Orthodox ritual amounted to nue to mystical experience. "Many religious coercion and violated college students turn to drugs and their consciences. the Eastern religions searching for The court, obviously sympathetic a mystic and deeply spiritual ex- to the couples, stated that Israeli perience," the prospectus said. law, which precludes civil mar- "Most of these are not at all aware riage, is so clear on this point of Judaism's great mystic and that even the plea of coercion is spiritual tradition. Especially rele- insufficient to override it. vant to this quest is Hasidism, They were advised to take their which stands unique as the world's plea to "the forum of public opin- only popular mystic movement." ion as a molder of legislation." The proposed study cooperative would include in its curriculum Jewish pacifism; environment; CARS TO BE DRIVEN Jewish attitudes toward women; To any state. 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