![Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt](https://i3.wp.com/image.tmdb.org/t/p/w185/3DM1oaOGqDyi84OE0GFRLvzbyD1.jpg)
Plot
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.
Writer | N/A |
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Director | Peter Davis |
Actor | Joseph Wiseman |
Country | United States of America |
Production | Villon Films |