Tania Grossinger
Reactions to Tania's performance 12/18/11 at the Jewish Historical Society of New York
"Made a stop so I just got home. YOU WERE WONDERFUL! You made it all fresh and exciting again even for me who has been through the book several times. A flawless BOFFO performance." Patti P.
Dear Tania, "I can tell you honestly, you were so engaging, genuine, and funny as hell....I loved it!" Mimi A.
"Girl.. you are so GOOD. Honest to Pete, I would love to have your intelligence, your incredible way of articulating your thoughts and feelings, your vocabulary... and then, there's that DROLLERY. That dry one-shot sentence, word. Thought. Answer." Arlyn B.
"Tania, what a great talk you gave! The audience loved listening to you -- we could have heard your well-told stories for hours. And what a good idea to ask your friends to ask specific questions -- I'll have to remember that." Sally O.
"You had a wonderful "arc" to the whole story/narrative. Not having it heard before as a single, continuous thread---it was easy to follow, the pacing was just right (allows one, in the audience, to formulate insights while listening at the same time). Over the years, I have heard from you some of the snippets/scenes, and so this was for me meaningful to hear it all in one sitting.
I learned also a very valuable lesson! How to handle people who approach me, asking if I can do something (usually they want it for free) and how you handled it was also terrific! You graciously said there is an honorarium involved, so you nip it in the bud right there and then. This saves aggravation/ misunderstandings later. LOVE THAT. Lessons from Tania." Warren J.
Edible Hudson Valley magazine
Summer, 2011
Tania is quoted liberally in article about cuisine in the Catskills titled "Nosh and Nostalgia" by Jay Blotcher.
American Society of Journalists and Authors.
May, 2011
Tania featured on ASJA public Home Page :
Tania Grossinger: based: New York.
Subject Specialties: Travel, lifestyles, food & drink, dining & entertainment ...
Skills and Media: PR,marketing, collaborations, lecturer, editing ...
Periodicals: More, For the Bride,New York Times, more ...
Books: Growing Up At Grossingers; more
Member profile
Bing.com videos -
April, 2011
The producer writes "For more about this historic hotel the book Growing Up at Grossinger's captures it all."
LXNY, WNBC-TV -
Thursday, March 24th, 2011
Photos of Elizabeth Taylor, Eddie Fisher, Debbie Reynolds and other celebrities featured in Growing Up at Grossinger's on the occasion of Elizabeth Taylor's demise.
The Jewish Week - Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Tania is quoted by author Hilary Larson on the subject of Anti-Semitism in traveling
Tania Grossinger contributes to "100 Voices: An Oral History of Ayn Rand" (New American Library, 2010). "The interview with Tania Grossinger is amusing and delightful" says author Scott McConnell.
Growing Up at Grossinger's highlighted on Wowowow.com, Dec. 16th, 2010
amazon.com reviews
Here are five video clips from the upcoming documentary "The Catskills: Memories of a Jewish Utopia."
Joan Hamburg show, WOR Radio September 25, 2010 In reference to the death of Eddie Fisher who married Debbie Reynolds in 1955 at Grossinger's.
Amazon.com. , May, 2010."Weekend" (St. Martin's Press, Dell Paperback) The novel Tania co-authored with Andrew Neiderman is reviewed very favorably.
The Jewish Week - Tuesday, December 28, 2010
Tania is quoted by author Hilary Larson on the subject of Anti-Semitism in traveling
Jewish Classics Live Again, Set To Latin Beats NPR - USA
Tania Grossinger grew up at her cousin's hotel, Grossingers. As a teenager and aspiring trumpet player, she sat in with the Latin bands and says there was ...
www.15MinutesMagazine.com August 2009
Tim Boxer refers to Tania's book as an "engrossing memoir."
"Doctor on Call with Dr. Jane Greer." July 28, 2009
Mann About Town May 2009
Tania Grossinger interviews herself for this elite Metropolitan New York area magazine.
Boca Raton News May 14, 2009
Emily Rosen writes a flattering review of Tania's book.
The following are links to Jewcy.com for Tania's blogs in February
Feb. 13, 2009 "Work in Progress"
Feb. 12, 2009 "Meditation on Hate"
Feb. 10, 2009 "Restaurants"
Feb. 9, 2009 "An American Plan"
wowowow.com December 23rd through January 2nd 2009. Slide show of photos from "Growing Up at Grossinger's" on website founded by Liz Smith, Lesley Stahl, Whoopi Goldberg, Joni Evans, Lily Tomlin, Marlo Thomas and other celebrated women.
Jewcy.com Week of December 22, 2008 "Growing Up at Grossinger's" is reviewed in advance of Tania's blog onsite for the week of February 9th, 2009.
The Jewish Magazine November, 2008. "Growing Up at Grossinger's" is given a lovely writeup.
Buffalo Jewish Review November 7, 2008 Tania's book is reviewed in a very complimentary manner
Boca Raton Jewish Journal, November 3, 2008 Tania's book is reviewed in a very complimentary manner
Focus Magazine, Boca Woods, Fl. November, 2008 Emily Rosen writes a delightful review of "Growing Up at Grossinger's."
Miami-Dade County, N. Palm Beach Jewish Journal, October 28, 2008 Tania's book is reviewed in a very complimentary manner
Middletown Times-Herald Record, October 26, 2008 Amy Berkowitz speaks with Tania about her experiences growing up at Grossinger's and writing about it.
Jewish Times of Southern New Jersey, October 24, 2008 Article relates to Tania's appearance at the "One Book, One Jewish Community at the Shore" special event on November 2, 2008.
Catskill Mountainkeeper, October, 2008 calls Tania's childhood "a version of Plaza Hotel-dwelling Eloise by way of 'Dirty Dancing'"
Bookviews.com October, 2008 Alan Caruba reminisces about Tania and "Growing Up at Grossinger's"
Jewish Book World, Fall, 2008 "Had Eloise been Jewish, less precocious, and more Catskills than Manhattan, she might have been a girl like Tania Grossinger."
Detroit Jewish News
September 18, 2008
Brandeis University Magazine - Summer 2008. Women's Writes - " Tania is one of four Brandeis graduates who is honored."
Liz Smith column, New York Post, August 21, 2008. Liz highlights publication of "Growing Up at Grossinger's"
Publishers Weekly, August 21, 2008. Dermot McEvoy highlights "Growing Up at Grossinger's" item in Liz Smith's New York Post column, August 21,2008.
Canadian Jewish News, Toronto, Canada August 20,2008. Bill Gladstone talks about Tania and Grossinger's for Canada's largest weekly Jewish newspaper.
Robert Klein host/narrated documentary titled "When Comedy Went To School". Tania is interviewed along with many famous Catskill's comics. August 2008
Jewishstlouis.org August 2008
Jewish Exponent (Philadelphia) 'A Substitute Home'. Life at that grand old namesake: Grossinger's. August 7. 2008
KersherTalk Tania Grossinger's Wild Catskills Girlhood: View of the social pressures on young Jews of the 1940s and 1950s. August 05, 2008
Jewish Woman magazine More Books for Summer Reading, July 2008
South Shore Record (Nassau County), LI, NY Memorable Summers in the Catskills by Roberta Graff, July 2008
The Catskills Institute by Martha Mendelsohn, Newsletter, July 2008, Website, Feb. 2008
The Jewish Voice and Opinion, Englewood, NJ Paul Rose writes "Growing Up at Grossinger's": A Tale of Food, Love, Jewish Americana--and Did We Mention Food?", July 2008
Nextbook New York, NY, USA No Place Like Home - July 7, 2008
jvibe.com A website for teenagers written by teenagers, reviews "Growing Up at Grossinger's", July 2,2008
The Jewish Daily Forward Americana: The Story of Grossinger's - June 28, 2008
Long Island Jewish World Tania Grossinger interviews Tania Grossinger for Long Island Jewish World, June 27, 2008
Manhattan Jewish Sentinel Tania Grossinger interviews Tania Grossinger for Manhattan Jewish Sentinel, June 27, 2008
(Boston) Jewish Advocate "A Tale of One Grand Borsht Belt Hotel" - Thursday June 19, 2008
Deerfield, FL Observer "Everything's Coming up Rosen" by Emily Rosen re "Growing Up at Grossinger's" - June 5, 2008.
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY Dermot McEvoy, in honor or Bloomsday, highlights Robert Briscoe's Favorite Catskill Resort Remembered by Tania Grossinger. June 16, 2008
Article in The Villager "Second helping of Grossinger's hits the spot" by Jerry Tallmer June 11, 2008
Article in myjewishbooks.com "Growing Up at Grossinger's." is highlighted and reviewed June 2008
Newsday Insider Contest - June 1-15, 2008 - Win the book.
"Growing Up at Grossinger's", signed by the author, Tania Grossinger!
Cindy Adams, columnist, New York Post, kicks off the "Growing up at
Grossinger's" promotion May 7, 2008
Skyhorse Publishing Press Release
"Growing Up at Grossinger's"; New York Times Travel Section
Writeup in Publishers Weekly - April 14, 2008
Upcoming Events
December 18, 2011 2 pm (Sunday)
Jewish Historical Society of NY
Minskoff Cultural Center of Park East Synagogue
164 E. 68th St.
New York, NY
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July 14, 2010 2 PM (Wednesday)
Friedberg JCC
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Oceanside, NY 11572
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May 12, 2010 11:30 AM (Wednesday)
Book and Author Luncheon
Crest Hollow Country Club
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Woodbury, NY 11797
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April 11, 2010 3:15 PM (Sunday)
Sid Jacobson Jewish Community Center
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516-484-1545
Tania Grossinger at Sid Jacobsen JCC
March 6, 2010 8:30 pm (Saturday)
Emunah of America, Brooklyn Region
Young Israel of Avenue J
1721 Avenue J (between E. 17th and E. 18th Sts.)
Brooklyn, NY
718-673-2234 (att: Harriet)
November 8, 2009 12 noon (Sunday)
Temple B'nai Israel
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Easton, MD
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October 12, 2009 7:30PM (Monday)
Temple Sinai
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Dresher, PA.
215-643-6510
August 22, 2009 between 8:00 and 10:00AM
National Public Radio (NPR)
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Young Israel of Long Beach
120 Long Beach Blvd.
Long Beach, NY
516-431-2404
July 23, 2009 7:30PM (Thursday)
The Hampton Synagogue
154 Sunset Ave.
Westhampton Beach, NY
631-288-0534
May 21, 2009 7PM (Thursday)
JCC (Jewish Community Center) Manhattan
334 Amsterdam Ave.
New York, NY
646-505-4444
May 20, 2009 11:30 am (Wednesday)
Brandeis Book at Author Luncheon
At home of June Stelbourm
2 Chelsea Lane
Middle Island, NY
631-345-0353
May 3, 2009 4 pm (Sunday)
Northern New Jersey Hadassah Spring Conference
Congregation Keter Torah
600 Roemer Ave.
Teaneck, NJ
201-907-0810
April 28, 2009 6 pm (Tuesday)
Brandeis National Committee and Brandeis University Alumni Association
Brandeis House
12 E. 77 St.
New York, NY
212-472-1501 x231
March 24, 2009 12 Noon(Tuesday)
National Council of Jewish Women, NY Division
820 Second Ave.
New York, NY
212-687-5030 x14
February 9, 2009 (Week of)
Guest blogger
November 16th, 2008 10:30 am (Sunday)
Anche Chesed Congregation
1000 Orchard Terrace
Linden, NJ
ticket info: 908-486-8616
November 14, 2008 2:00 pm (Friday)
WVNJ 1160AM
Ira Kleinman interviews Tania Grossinger on his Restaurant, Food and Travel show heard in Bergen and Rockland counties, Westchester, CT, and Long Island. WVNJ 1160AM
November 13th, 2008 12 pm (Thursday)
San Diego Center for Jewish Culture
Lawrence Family JCC, Jacobs Family Campus
4126 Executive Drive
La Jolla, CA.
ticket info: 858-362-1348
November 10th, 2008 2:30pm & 7:30 pm (Monday)
Jewish Community Center
6125 Montrose Ave.Rockville, MD
ticket info: 301-348-3805
Promotional Flyer
November 2nd, 2008 7 pm (Sunday)
Board of Jewish Education
501 N. Jerome Ave.
Margate, NJ
ticket info: 609-822-1854
Promotional Flyer
October 28, 2008 10:30 am (Tuesday)
Barbara Altman show
WOND 1400 New Jersey Tania Grossinger interviewed by popular New Jersey radio host Barbara Altman.
July 31st, 2008 12:30 am - 2 am (Thursday)
The Joey Reynolds Show
WOR Radio, WOR710.com
Tania Grossinger interviewed on WOR Radio (National) by host Joey Reynolds
June 17th, 2008 10:30 am (Tuesday)
Sally Jessy Raphael's TalkNet
XM Satellite RadioChannel 158, www.sallyjr.com Tania Grossinger interviewed by television and radio personality Sally Jessy Raphael.
June 16th, 2008 9:15 pm (Monday)
Zev Brenner Radio Show
(WSNR New York, WKRT Miami)Tania Grossinger is interviewed by Zev on the nationally syndicated Talkline Communications Network
June 11th, 2008 7:30 pm (Wednesday)
Barnes and Noble
8th St.at 6th Ave. Manhattan, NY
Announcement
June 10th, 2008 noon (Tuesday) WJFF Radio
Borders Program
Tania Grossinger interviewed by Ron Bernthal on WJFF Radio, the NPR outlet in Sullivan County www.wjffradio.org. The broadcast is also heard in Ulster, Orange, Delaware, Wayne & Pike (PA), and Sussex (NJ).
June 10th, 2008 9-10AM (Tuesday)
Joan Hamburg Show, WOR Radio
Tania Grossinger interviewed by Joan on her popular radio show
June 7st, 2008 4 pm (Saturday)
Talk Radio Network.
Tania Grossinger's appearance on the Barry Farber show.
June 6th, 2008 Midnight-1 am (Friday) WOR Radio (WOR710.com)
The Joey Reynolds Show
Tania Grossinger on WOR Radio with Joey Reynolds.
June 1st, 2008 11 am (Sunday)
Riverdale Y
5625 Arlington Ave.at W.256th St. Bronx, NY
Newsletter
Promotional Flyer
Jason Eisenberg writes in the Riverdale Press on Tania's book.
May 29th, 2008 7 pm (Thursday)
Morningside Bookshop
2915 Broadway (at 114th St.) Manhattan, NY
Announcement
May 20th, 2008 6 pm (Tuesday)
Bank of New York Mellon/Wealth Management
Guest speaker
Gramercy Tavern