"We Met at Grossinger's," about the resort that inspired "Dirty Dancing," and documentaries on Mel Brooks, Jerry Stiller, and ...

Watch Jefferys' virtual presentation, where he shared more of the stunning Borscht Belt images and discussed the region’s history. “I caught wind of the magnificence of the Borscht Belt after seeing ...

(New York Jewish Week) — On a cold night last week, Barbara Hoff, the owner of an antique store in the Catskills, heard from a friend in the local fire department that the Nevele Grand Hotel was ...

Previously announced for the opening night of the fest is WE MET AT GROSSINGER'S, about the legendary Catskills resort that inspired the movie Dirty Dancing. During the opening re ...

Dive into the personal collection of historian Alex Prizgintas, a treasure trove he has been building for 10 years See real artifacts from some of the 926 hotels and bungalow colonies that once made ...

When you think of Dirty Dancing, or even just hear the first strains of "(I’ve Had) The Time of My Life,” you probably think of a single image: Jennifer Grey, in her diaphanous pink dress, being ...

Many Long Islanders found love while summering in the Catskills' grand hotels and bungalow colonies, part of the region known ...

NPR revisits the Borscht Belt, a place where Jewish families from New York escaped for the summer at a time when they weren't welcomed elsewhere. For many Jewish New Yorkers, summer once meant fleeing ...

Last year, as I stood in the ruins of the Nevele Hotel, memories flooded back despite the devastation around me. Every surface is covered in graffiti, roofs have caved in throughout the property, and ...

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. —The new Catskills Borscht Belt Museum seeks to tell the story of the many resorts that once dotted the Southwestern corner of Ulster County and across Sullivan County from the 1910s ...

Though the Borscht Belt is famous as the birthplace of Jewish comedy, it’s less associated with the transgender movement. But the Catskills’ Jewish history is deeply intertwined with its past as one ...