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to do with Mount Pleasant
Subdivision, a neighborhood of sum-
mer cottages built by members of
Workmen's Circle our of Chicago.
They enjoyed a rustic, shtetl lifestyle
with home entertainment. In 1924, a
farm was purchased for Kamp
Kinderland, which housed approxi-
mately 150 children. Together, the
camp and a resort for visiting parents
were known as the Colony.
Kraus says descendants of the original
owners in Mount Pleasant "rue the day"
they sold their cottages because the real
estate prices have more than tripled
since a 1990s revival of South Haven.
Kraus said Bundy's Bakery and the
Golden Brown are the two main bak-
eries in South Haven, and to this day
the remaining Mt. Pleasant people will
only buy their chala from Bundy's.
To feel the ambience of the Jewish
resorts, Kraus recommends a summer-
time visit to the Sea Wolf restaurant on
the Blue Star Highway in South Haven.
Jim Wolf, a grandson of Max and Lena
Weinstein, owners of Weinstein's
Modern Resort, and wife Sue have
maintained the original dining room
dating back more than 75 years.
A small Jewish community remains
in South Haven, including a B'nai B'rith
women's group. Kraus was commis-
sioned to write her book by the history
committee of First Hebrew
Congregation in South Haven in cele-
bration of the 70th anniversary of its
founding. Visiting Rabbi-Cantor Kenny
Hollander conducts Rosh HaShana and
Yom Kippur services each year at the
building on Broadway and Church
streets, officially concluding the worship
season. In the summer, Kraus says, ser-
vices take place only when someone
comes to town who can lead them. Calls
then- are made to Jewish residents to put
together a minyan.
One note for those who fondly
remember South Haven — Kraus con-
fides that the still-popular Sherman's
Dairy, known for its fabulous banana-
split concoction called the "pig's
trough," is not mentioned in her book
for one reason: "Despite the sound of
the name, the owners of Sherman's have
never been Jewish." Any wonder they
had a pig's trough? ❑

Bea Kraus speaks at Jewish Book
Fair 8 p.m. Monday, Nov. 8,_ at
the Jimmy Prentis Morris
Building of the Jewish
Community Center in Oak Park,
co-sponsored by the Jewish
Historical Society of Michigan.