Why on earth would anyone miss the funky Catskills hotels and bungalow colonies where Jews vacationed for most of the 20th century because they weren’t allowed to check into most gentile-owned resorts and didn’t have the money to travel anywhere else? What do movies and TV shows like Dirty Dancing and The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel get wrong? As someone who grew up there, don’t get me started! For my take on false Borscht Belt nostalgia, check out Season 2, Episode 8 of my podcast Maybe It’s Me!
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