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Borscht Belt Museum coming to the Catskills. 'Mrs. Maisel' helped reignite interest in era
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 1 year agoAs the Town of Fallsburg’s building inspector, Allen Frishman witnessed the bulldozing of countless...
‘What’s With Jews and Comedy?’ Borscht Belt-themed show to chronicle beloved Catskills comedy...
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — What’s a Borscht Belt joke? Comedy historian Lenny Dave shares this classic...
Borscht Belt relic: Sculpture is salvaged from former Catskills hotel for future museum
Times Herald-Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTHOMPSONVILLE — Workers used a crane on Friday to hoist onto a flatbed truck a heavy relic of the...
Freddie Roman Dies: Borscht Belt Comedian Who Appeared In Film And TV Was 85
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFreddie Roman, a Borscht Belt staple whose comedy was long a part of the Friars Club roasts and was...
What’s happening at the iconic Red Apple Rest? What you saw on Facebook could be wrong
Lohud | The Journal News via Yahoo News· 6 months agoDemolition work at the site of the crumbling Red Apple Rest off Route 17 set off a torrent of...
Borscht Belt comedian Freddie Roman dies at age 85
Associated Press via Yahoo News· 1 year agoComedian Freddie Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a staple of the Catskills comedy scene, has died. Roman died Saturday afternoon at...
Fire destroys building at vacant Grossinger's resort, once a Catskill jewel
Times Herald-Record via Yahoo News· 2 years agoLIBERTY — A fire consumed a building at the site of the long-closed Grossinger’s resort, once among...
Freddie Roman, Staple Borscht Belt Stand-Up Comedian, Dies at 85
The Wrap via Yahoo News· 1 year agoFreddie Roman, a staple stand-up comedian in the Catskill Mountains’ Borscht Belt region and...
Grossinger’s Feature Doc In The Works With Bungalow Media + Entertainment As Robert Friedman Lays...
Deadline via Yahoo News· 1 year agoEXCLUSIVE: Grossinger’s Catskill Resort Hotel, which inspired Dirty Dancing and The Marvelous Mrs....
How Jewish comedians are helping keep hope alive post-October 7
NY Post via Yahoo News· 2 months agoFrom Brett Gelman to Judy Gold, how Jewish comics are keeping the Chosen People smiling. In the...