Tag: Borscht Belt

Film: When Comedy Went to School (2013)

Film: When Comedy Went to School (2013)

May 22, 2014 | By

From the forties to the seventies, several generations of comedians worked the hotels at the Catskills (known as the Borscht Belt) to a tough crowd of largely Jewish vacationers wanting a lively yet familial atmosphere far away from the clamour of big cities like New York City…

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