Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt

Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt
198681 min
Documentary

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Overview

At its peak, one million New York Jews spent their summers in the Borscht Belt, the birthplace of Jewish-American iconoclastic humor. This film shows how these Catskills communities were run by women, and how class divisions were reflected in the resort hotels: upwardly-mobile ho...

Top Cast

Joseph Wiseman

Joseph Wiseman

Self - Narrator (voice)

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