“The Borscht Belt Historical Markers Project” is dedicating markers in South Fallsburg, Kiamesha Lake, Hurleyville, Bethel and Woodridge this summer. (New York Jewish Week) – The Borscht Belt, the ...

During a few summers in the early 1960’s, my family and I would spend a fun-filled week at an all-inclusive resort in the Catskill Mountains of New York. My mom would pack our suitcases with items ...

(JTA) — Last year, as I stood in the ruins of the Nevele Hotel, memories flooded back despite the devastation around me. Every surface is covered in graffiti, roofs have caved in throughout the ...

A talented and committed group of locals, artists, and historians are preserving the rich history of the Borscht Belt with a new series of historical markers and cultural programming. The broad goal ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — What’s a Borscht Belt joke? Comedy historian Lenny Dave shares this classic told by the famous Catskills entertainer Myron Cohen. A Jewish grandmother is taking her grandson on ...

Jewish comedians are heading upstate for a new series of performances that aims to celebrate the region’s stand-up heyday. (New York Jewish Week) – When Jewish comedian Michael Hirsch took the stage ...

NPR revisits the Borscht Belt, a place where Jewish families from New York escaped for the summer at a time when they weren't welcomed elsewhere. For many Jewish New Yorkers, summer once meant fleeing ...

It was once the beating heart of the Jewish-American New Yorkers escaping the summer heat in New York. There were around 500 resorts in the area in its heyday, with vacationers spoiling themselves ...

⭐ Members at the Supporter tier and higher can enter to win a pair of free tickets! Winners will be contacted via email on July 3rd Celebrate the dedication of a new historical marker in the Catskills ...

If there’s one joke that might sum up the Catskills experience — the buckle on the Borscht comedy Belt — it’s the oldie but goodie that dates back nearly 100 years, attributed to cartoonist Harry ...

Each year Sunny Isles Beach welcomes more than a million vacationers to its two-and-a-half-mile stretch of fine sand and sparkling waters. When a Russian company began building apartments in the area ...