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Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt

9.019861h 21mMovieDocumentary

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…

DirectorPeter Davis
ProducerPeter Davis

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Cast · Directed by Peter Davis

JWJoseph Wiseman
Joseph Wiseman
Self - Narrator (voice)

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Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt is streaming on Chai Flicks in United States. It's not currently on Netflix.

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