The Borscht Belt, or Yiddish Alps, is a colloquial term for the mostly defunct summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan and Ulster ...
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One of the largest and most famous of the kosher hotels in the Catskills was Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel, which served as the inspiration for the iconic ...
Sep 18, 2023 · By the 1950s, more than 1,000 Jewish resorts dotted the Catskills, with accommodations ranging from camps and bungalow colonies, to ...
Sep 26, 2023 · The Borscht Belt, a sprawling colony of resorts and bungalows in Upstate New York, was a thriving getaway for Jewish Americans in the 1950s, ...
Jul 19, 2023 · As the self-proclaimed “Leading Jewish Summer Resort of America” and the “First Hebrew Hotel in the Catskills” respectively, the Fairmont and ...
Great Variety. Located in the heart of the Catskill Mountains, north of New York City, these resorts enabled the children of immigrants to perfect their swing ...
Oct 5, 2017 · The abandoned Borscht Belt in New York's Catskills, a former Jewish vacationland, is home to memories of a former respite from city life.
Jul 23, 2014 · The big Borscht Belt resorts — like Grossinger's, Kutsher's, the Concord, and the Nevele — “were pioneers of the all-inclusive vacation,” Brown ...
May 14, 2023 · One example of a small resort today abandoned in the Catskills is the Lesser Lodge, constructed in 1923, which was used as a favorite spot for ...
