Watch Streaming Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt (1986) : Summary Movies 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 hotel guests were entertained by a who's-who of talent, while in the bungalows, do-it-yourself burlesque and vaudeville reigned among the blue-collar families. This film is happy, humane, ironic, and, finally, bittersweet, as we see that today's Jews no longer share the tastes or aspirations of their parents. | ||
| Release Date | : | Sep 14, 1986 |
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| Genres | : | Documentary |
| Production Company | : | Villon Films |
| Production Countries | : | United States of America |
| Casts | : | Joseph Wiseman |
| Plot Keywords | : | catskills |
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