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September 18 • 2008

that grand old Catskills institution,
including stories about many stars
A Grossinger's Passover seder
who have twinkled there over the
in 1950
years. Charming."
Tania Grossinger grew up on the
grounds of the grand hotel. She
dreds of thousands of former guests,
arrived when she was 8.
and through nostalgic movies like
Recounts the book jacket, "In 1945,
Dirty Dancing, this great American
Tania Grossinger was whisked into th e legacy is brought to life again by Tania
fabulous world of Grossinger's by her
Grossinger.
mother, Karla, the resort's new social
In the book, she writes, "My past
hostess (and a relation of the owners
is something I have, understandably,
by marriage).
given a good deal of thought to. I can
"From this unique position, she
now look back on most of it with
sheds light on how one hotel child
great understanding and even deep
kept up with the frenetic pace of life
affection. Putting this collection of
inside the flourishing post-war hospi-
memories together has been a moving
tality industry, and how she came to
experience, one that has brought me
grips with the outside world (which
close not only to my childhood friends
intruded now and again), sex (word
and family, but to myself as well."
gets around) and, occasionally, her
She is the author of the novel
intellectual interests.
Weekend and The Book
"Told with irrever-
of Gadgets. As a travel
ence, humor and a
writer, she has con-
hint of sentimental-
tributed articles to the
ity, Growing Up at
New York Times, Boston
Grossinger's, first pub-
Globe, Philadelphia
lished in 1975, offers
Enquirer and the
an intimate portrait of
New Orleans Times-
the Catskills resort that
Picayune.. She lives in
CROSSIITCER
hundreds of thousands
New York City.
called a vacation haven,
In 1958, Grossinger
and one girl called
married Detroiter Neil
home."
Jacobs, a podiatrist,
The Catskill Mountain
at the home of her
region of New York state
aunt and uncle, Edith
was once home to one of
and Fabian Seifer, in
the most luxurious resort and enter-
Southfield,. The newlyweds lived on
tainment areas in the country. Then
the edge of Palmer Park in Detroit and
the world began to change; travel to
she worked for a publicist promoting
other parts of the world become more
the Shubert and Riveria theaters in
affordable. The primarily Jewish cli-
Detroit. Their marriage only last a few
entele found recreation in Florida, the
months.
Caribbean and Europe.
Jacobs' close friend was Frank
People became more health con-
Simons, former city editor of
scious; gargantuan portions of choles-
the Detroit Jewish News. Tania
terol-laden cuisine were no longer an
Grossinger still has relatives in
attraction. Comedians like Mel Brooks
Metro Detroit on her mother's
and Milton Berle made more money
side. O
on television and in the movies than
they ever could in the Borscht Belt.
Grossinger's, which opened in
1919, honored its last reservation
Growing Up At Grossinger's
in 1986. It and other grand resorts
by Tania Grossinger, Skyhorse
of the Catskills reflected a prosper-
Publishing, New York (224 pages,
ous era in American history. Known
$14.95).
today through fond memories of hun-