abstract:Borscht Belt, or Jewish Alps, is a colloquial term for the mostly defunct summer resorts of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan, Orange and Ulster counties in upstate New York that were a popular vacation spot for New York City Jews from the 1920s up to the 1970s.Jewish scholars study history, cultural significance of the Borscht Belt
A modern riff on Borscht Beltcomedy, the show isa seriesofone-minuteribaldstoriestoldbyan elderly narrator modeled on the family's 79-year-oldaccountant, who does the voiceovers.
The new Ang Lee film is not about the great historical happening of forty years ago but about Elliot Teichberg (Demetri Martin), whose parents run a BorschtBelt motel.