Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt
1986, English. Directed by Peter Davis.
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 in the resort hotels: upwardly-mobile hotel guests were entertained by a who's-who of talent, while in the bungalows, do-it-yourself burlesque and vaudeville reigned among the blue-collar families. This film is happy, humane, ironic, and, finally, bittersweet, as we see that today's Jews no longer share the tastes or aspirations of their parents.
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- 1h 21m
- Post-credits
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- English
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- 14 September 1986
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- United States of America
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Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt runs 81 minutes (1h 21m).
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Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt is streaming on Chai Flicks in India. (Checked 13 November 2026.)
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Who directed Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt?
Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt (1986) was directed by Peter Davis and stars Joseph Wiseman.