That’s when many permanent residents of southeastern Alaskan panhandle towns like Ketchikan, Sitka, Juneau, and Skagway themselves go on vacation. The temple building, converted from an abandoned child care center, holds approximately 70 people in its sanctuary, the number roughly equivalent to the temple’s active membership. Norman Cohen, the current treasurer and several times past president, says the overall Jewish population of Juneau is 300, so the synagogue attracts approximately one-third of the Jewish population. Sundays there is religious school for Jewish children and Unitarian services for a congregation that shares the building. *Donald H. Harrison is publisher and editor of San Diego Jewish World.