Region of Jewish summer resorts in the Catskill Mountains around 160 kilometers northwest of New York City which received its colloquial term from Borscht, one of the favorite dishes of its guests. From the interwar period to the 1960s, over 1,000 hotels and about 700 bungalow settlements first offered the experience of a summer resort to Jewish vacationers. Most of them appreciated diversified entertainment, which offered many performance opportunities in particular for aspiring comedians. Many…