Summary of The Forgotten Communal Spirit of the Borscht Belt Bungalows
Summary of The Forgotten Communal Spirit of the Borscht Belt Bungalows
The Borscht Belt’s heyday was the 1930s to the 1960s, when over five hundred hotels and tens of thousands of bungalow colonies dotted the landscape. Jews from New York City and across the Northeast patronized these places, often returning every summer with their families to the same place. Joan Rivers, Lenny Bruce, Don Rickles, and Jackie Mason got their starts on the resort circuit.
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The Borscht Belt’s heyday was the 1930s to the 1960s, when over five hundred hotels and tens of thousands of bungalow colonies dotted the landscape. Jews from New York City and across the Northeast patronized these places, often returning every summer with their families to the same place. Joan Rivers, Lenny Bruce, Don Rickles, and Jackie Mason got their starts on the resort circuit.
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