Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt (1986)

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.

Released Sept. 14, 1986 81 min None+

Genres: Documentary

Keywords: mdblist.one-actor, imdb.fall, tmdb.catskills

Watch Providers: Chai Flicks

Production Companies: Villon Films

Country: United States
Production Country: United States
Languages: English