Courtesy of Marisa Scheinfeld
The front and back of the Monticello, New York, Borscht Belt historic marker which was dedicated last summer. Courtesy of Marisa Scheinfeld 
(New York Jewish Week) – The Borscht Belt, the Jewish vacationland in New York’s Catskill Mountains, has been in decline for nearly as long as it once thrived. Most of the resorts and hotels that drew Jews to “the mountains” in the first half of the 20th century were eventually abandoned — with several catching fire […]
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