The Catskills - the Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt (Sarasota Jewish Theatre) Monday, February 3, 2025 at 7:00 PM EST

THE CATSKILLS - The Rise and Fall of the Borscht Belt

Winner of the 2024 Miami Jewish Film Festival, a humorous and nostalgic tribute to the “Borscht Belt” from its beginning as a refuge for working-class Jews, to becoming a lavish summer

playground for the affluent, to its eventual decline. The Catskills chronicles the cultural, historical and economic influences that created the Borscht Belt, provided a training ground for the

great comedians of the 20 th century, and became the inspiration for iconic films like Dirty Dancing.

Documentary film and discussion - Ticket price $15.00