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Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt

9.0(1)19861h 21m1

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.

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  • catskills

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Peter Davis

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United States of America

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    • PremiereJewish Film Festival, Chicago30 Oct 1985
    • Theatrical (limited)Los Angeles, CA14 Sept 1986
    • Digital / OTT23 Feb 2023

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Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt was released on 14 September 1986.

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