THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
November 21, 1975 19
Delightful 'Growing Up at Grossinger's,' Worthwhile for Leisure Reading
How many know the true
story behind Eddie Fisher's
"discovery" by Eddie Can-
tor?
Anyone can find out
about how this show busi-
ness personality got his
start with a plus — what
the "borscht belt" hotel,
business is really all about
— in Tania Grossinger's
entertaining "Growing Up
at Grossinger's."
Published by David Mc-
Kay. Co., Miss Grossinger's
book is mainly autobio-
graphical, even while giving
the inside scoop on how the
famous Grossinger's resort
really operated.
BB Prints Guide
to Historical Sites
Miss Grossinger, cousin
of the late hotel matriarch
Jennie Groosinger, details
her life at the hotel, mis-
chief the hotel children
involved themselves in and
statistics about the hotel's
operation.
Although the book is
filled with lively and humor-
ous stories about guests, ce-
lebrities and hotel staff, it
carries with it a note of
sadness.
The author states that
despite the mischief and fun
in which she and the other
children of hotel staff par-
ticipated, her life was still
unsettled. A ruined mar-
riage to a Detroiter was
proof of her lack of what
UAHC Establishes
WASHINGTON — Bnai Gerontology Studies
Brith's Community Volun-
teer Services department
has published a booklet to
help locate Jewish historical
sites in the United States.
Written by James Mer-
feld, "Guidelines for Recog-
nition of American Jewish
Historical Sites" provides
resource suggestions and
other ideas that can be ap-
plied in a search for histori-
cal sites.
Among the suggestions
are where to seek out infor-
mation about a communi-
ty's Jewish history, what to
look for, and what should be
done when a site is uncov--
ered.
Community Volunteer
Services is offering the
booklet as part of a package
that also includes the Amer-
ican flag code, the CVS serv-
ice calendar/workbook and
Bnai Brith Women's Mem-
ory Bank Treasury. For in-
formation, contact CVS,
1640 Rhode Island Ave.,
N.W., Washington, D.C.
20036.
DALLAS — The first
Gerontology Training Insti-
tute under Jewish auspices
has been establshed by the
Union of American Hebrew
Congregations in coopera-
tion with the University of
Georgia in Athens to pre-
pare a growing 50-years and
older Reform congrega-
tional membership for re-
tirement, new voluntary
and professional assign-
ments and the useful occu-
pation of leisure time.
In outlining the new insti-
tute at the 53rd Biennial As-
sembly here, Bernard E.
Linden of Oak Park, chair-
man of a UAHC gerontology
committee, noted that the
new project would also edu-
cate and train congrega-
tional leaders to "under-
stand the problems of the
retirement or pre-retire-
ment group and then train
them to develop meaningful
activities for them in their
congregations and commu-
nity."
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many may term a normal
home life.
However, Miss Grossin-
ger states the life at the ho-
tel helped her get a job later
on. Having to deal with peo-
ple in a public relations sort
of way during her youth at
the hotel, she pursued- a
profitable career in that
field.
of the evening, was intro-
duced. When the applause
subsided, he confided to the
audience that he had been
standing backstage prepar-
ing to go on when he heard
the skinny kid from Phila-
delphia do the warm-up. He
was mightily impressed and
was convinced he could be
the greatest singing sensa-
She maintains her rela-
tionship with celebrities
who began their careers at
the hotel and unabashedly
relates some of their non-
performing activities.
Volunteers Bring
Sabbath to Aged
Fisher, by the way came
to Grossinger's as a boat-
boy, handing out oars to the
guests, while working hard
toward a singing career.
Clandestinely, the public
relations crew of the hotel
worked out a plan whereby
Cantor would take the acne-
plagued youth with him on
a cross-country tour, later
to appear on Cantor's
"Colgate Comedy Hour."
Miss Grossinger relates:
"As usual, Eddie Fisher
sang his warm-up, 'I'm Sit-
ting on Top of the World,'
and retreated backstage as
the first two acts went on.
Then Eddie Cantor, the star
Haifa U. Creates
Chair in Zionism
HAIFA — The Dr. Reu-
ben Hecht Chair in Zionism
was recently inaugurated at
the University of Haifa.
Holder of the chair is Prof.
J. Nedava.
The first aim of the chair
is to foster a group of re-
searchers to concentrate on
all aspects of research in
Zionism. In order to insure
regular and continuous re-
search activities in the sub-
ject, archivist material must
be provided at the univer-
sity.
Prof. Nedava is seeking
manuscripts, documents
and Jewish newspapers of
the relevant period — the
period of the British regime
and British Mandate in Pa-
lestine (1917-1948).
Back copies of "New Pa-
lestine" and other journals
also are sought.
Persons wishing to donate
materials may send them to
the office of the American
Friends of Haifa University,
500 Fifth Avenue, New York
City, N.Y. 10036.
LOS ANGELES (JTA) —
Committees of volunteers
are bringing the Jewish
Sabbath to shut-ins in Bay
Area convalescent hospitals
as a new step in Project
Concern, a community serv-
ice of the Western Area
Council of the Jewish Feder-
ation-Council of Los An-
geles and the Jewish Family
Service of Santa Monica.
The project will bring the
Sabbath to the Jewish aged
and ill in the form of "mini-
services," partly in script
form and partly on tape,
consisting both of religious
services and readings from
the poems and stories of
Jewish writers.
Officials said the goal of
the project is to bring cul-
tural, social, religious and
recreational services to such
Jews in all Bay Cities Jew-
ish communities.
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tion to hit the country in
years. Accordingly, he was
going to call him back for
another song. If the Gros-
singer audience, by their ap-
plause, indicated they
agreed with Cantor's assess-
ment, the entertainer de-
clared, he would invite
Fisher to join him on a
coast-to-coast tour he was
about to make. Fisher came
back on stage, sang two
songs, and the audience
went wild. Pandemonium
set in. And thus a star was
born."
Tania
Grossinger's
"Growing Up at Grossin-
ger's" is an entertaining ac-
count and worthwhile for an
evening's leisure reading.
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