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Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt: Directed by Peter Davis. With Joseph Wiseman. This 1986 film chronicles the rise and fall of the summer pilgrimage from New York City to the Catskills once made by 1 million people a year from the 1920s to the 1960s.
- Peter Davis
- Joseph Wiseman
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- Peter Davis
- Villon Films
- Joseph Wiseman
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- Peter Davis
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- Joseph Wiseman
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Overview. At its peak, one million New York Jews spent their summers in the Borscht Belt, the birthplace of Jewish-American iconoclastic humor.
The Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt. From the 1920s to the 1960s, nearly a million Jews from New York City and around the country travel to country resorts in the fresh air of the...
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This 1986 film chronicles the rise and fall of the summer pilgrimage from New York City to the Catskills once made by 1 million people a year from the 1920s to the 1960s. For over 50 years, the Catskill Mountains of New York State were the summer retreat of millions of Jews, mostly of Eastern European origin, from New York City.
