Reform Rabbis Hold Services at Summer Resorts

(Jewish Daily Bulletin)

Religious services were conducted at summer resorts throughout the country, through the arrangement of the Department of Synagogue and School Extension of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations with rabbis in various sections.

All summer places attracting large numbers of Jewish visitors have had services arranged for them. The country was divided into sections, with rabbis of different localities acting as supervisors, and in addition field Rabbis were employed by the Union of American Hebrew Congregations.

In New York State, Rabbi Jacob Pollak, of the New York office of the Union of American Hebrew Congregations, was in charge, and through him arrangements were made with visiting rabbis to spend weekends at various resorts, officiating at religious services. In Michigan and Wisconsin the services were in charge of Rabbi David S. Nathan of Albuquerque, New Mexico.

The reports returned at the Union office here from the supervisors and the Rabbis indicate that there is a demand for summer religious worship. Attendance at the various services are generally large, and in every community where they were held they were welcomed, and cooperation was extended in many cases by non-Jewish owners and managers of hotels.

Rabbi Jacob S. Raisin recently officiated at services in Saranac. He reports an attendance of over 100 people, and announces that regular Sabbath services were held througout the season at this resort. Under his direction a school for children was organized. Services were held regularly at Kaaterskill, New York, and presided over by Rabbi Jacob B. Pollak, Rabbi Bernard J. Bamberger, and Rabbi Bernard Heller of Scranton. M. Freundlich, a frequent visitor acted as chairman of the congregation in that community, Rabbi Harry Ettelson, of Memphis, Tenn., reports the holding of special religious services at the Edgewater Beach Hotel in Chicago. Services were hold regularly at Elkhart Lake, Wisconsin, which were arranged for by Rabbi David S. Nathan. Among those who officiated at the services were Frederick Doppelt and David L. Feinberg, students at the Hebrew Union College. Services were also held at Sacandaga Park, Richfield Springs, Brown’s Lake, Wis., and Catskills, N. Y. Rabbi Sidney Regner also officiated at services at summer resorts.