To the Editor:
I was particularly interested in the article “The Green Pastures of Grossinger’s” by Morris Freedman. It so happened that Mrs. Grossinger was our guest a few days ago during her visit to Israel. The Dolphin House Hotel and Country Club, which I have had the pleasure of developing as a resort and tourist center for Israel, operates very much in the spirit of Grossinger’s, a fact which Mrs. Grossinger much appreciated when she came here. I visited Grossinger’s myself last year and learnt much from that unique operation. I do not know whether you will ever have a roving reporter in Israel, but you may be sure that he will be warmly welcome if he should visit us. I believe that what we are doing on what was a lonely spot on the Mediterranean coast will attract an ever growing circle of friends the world over.
N. Lourie
Dolphin House
Shavei-Zion, Israel
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To the Editor:
. . . In his Time-like attempt (although not really as good) to present a story of Grossinger’s with tongue-in-cheek objectivity, Mr. Freedman flippantly disposes of personalities and an institution which have in their own way made a subtle contribution to the cultural life of the American Jewish community. Grossinger’s has proved that it is possible to conform to the American social pattern while retaining and advocating many basic aspects of traditional Judaism. The popularity of Grossinger’s is not due only to the graciousness of Jennie (I assume there are other gracious hostesses in the United States). Many ascribe the popularity of Grossinger’s to the genuine and relaxing Jewish atmosphere which prevails there and which cannot be deprecated by insinuating that Grossinger’s has achieved its position of preeminence in the resort business only because of shrewd manipulation and huckstering public relations.
Isidore David Passow
Rehovoth, Israel
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