“The Mountains” will also show how the Borscht Belt wasn’t just an escape from the punishing heat of summer in the city — it ...

The Mountains” is a scripted series about Jennie and Elaine Grossinger, the “formidable matriarchs” who transformed the ...

Discover a charming lakefront hamlet in the historic Borscht Belt with farmers markets, waterfront dining, and indie shops ...

If the thermometer-shattering temperatures and sweltering sun weren’t proof enough, pleasant spring days are long gone. But ...

"The Borscht Belt Historical Markers Project" is dedicating markers in South Fallsburg, Kiamesha Lake, Hurleyville, Bethel and Woodridge this summer.

The Borscht Belt, the Jewish vacationland in New York’s Catskill Mountains, has been in decline for nearly as long as it once thrived. Most of the resorts and hotels that drew Jews to “the ...

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. — The nascent Borscht Belt Museum’s first pop-up exhibit, “Vacationland! Catskills Resorts Culture 1900-1980,” chronicles the story of the iconic vacation destina… ...

The Borscht Belt Festival, now in its second year, has successfully managed to bring back some of the wonderful nostalgia that was the Catskill Mountains. Skip to content. ADVERTISE.

For Jerry Klinger, preserving the history of the Borscht Belt isn’t about nostalgia for summers past. In fact, he never visited the Catskills until a few years ago, long after its fabled resorts ...

Both hotels were once thriving properties in the Borscht Belt, the nickname for a collection of resorts and vacation bungalows across New York’s Sullivan, Ulster and Orange counties that ...

After a ceremony on Wednesday, the vaguely colonial brick building was on the way to becoming the Catskills Borscht Belt Museum, with help from Frishman, a 71-year-old plumber who doubles as the ...

Beloved Borscht Belt comic and actor Freddie Roman, best known for his roasts as part of New York City’s Friars Club and later Comedy Central, died at the age of 85 on Saturday, his family said.