At Grossinger’s in the Catskills, Jews learned how to be American
'We Met at Grossinger's' provides an in-depth look at one of the Borscht Belt's most famous resorts
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Culture The Borscht Belt was a haven for Jews — and for crossdressers
At Casa Susanna, a resort in the Catskills, guests were able to safely express themselves
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Culture Greetings Comrade, and welcome to the Communist camp for working-class Jews
Located near Beacon, New York, Camp Nitgedaiget offered a proletarian alternative to the Borscht Belt
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Opinion The Borscht Belt hotels were cornerstones of Jewish family life that have no real replacement
A Jewish nonprofit executive argues for a contemporary successor to the Catskills, where families can be together in a low-key way
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News Israeli kids with life-threatening illnesses find respite from war at Catskills camp
Along with the medical treatment, Camp Simcha aims to give ailing children a regular Jewish camp experience
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News The Borscht Belt is burning: In the Catskills, abandoned resorts keep catching fire
For longtime Catskills residents, the fires are resurfacing grief over a fading chapter in American Jewish history
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Culture ‘Dirty Dancing’ and the Yiddish Camelot it captured
An illustrated deep dive into the 1987 film that brought the Jewish Catskills to the masses
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Film & TV The surprisingly gradual but unmistakably dramatic transformation of Mel Brooks
Jeremy Dauber's 'Disobedient Jew' demonstrates why the comic and filmmaker's work was markedly different in his early years
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