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July 29, 2024

The Hotels Are Long Gone, but There Is Now a Borscht Belt Museum

Food and humor.

Located halfway between New York City and Albany, at the juncture of the Shawangunk and Catskill Mountains, the village of Ellenville is neither large nor distinguished, but it was once known to the many Jewish families who spent their summers in the area. It is now also home to the Borscht Belt Museum, whose name, Andrew Silow-Carroll writes, comes from the term for

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