The Borscht Belt, or Yiddish Alps, is a region of the U.S. state of New York that had summer resorts catering to American Jewish vacationers, especially residents of New York City. The resorts, most later defunct, were located in the southern foothills of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan and Ulster counties, bordering the northern edges of the New York metropolitan area.
The Borscht Belt, or Yiddish Alps, is a region of the U.S. state of New York that had summer resorts catering to American Jewish vacationers, especially residents of New York City. The resorts, most later defunct, were located in the southern foothills of the Catskill Mountains in parts of Sullivan and Ulster counties, bordering the northern edges of the New York metropolitan area.
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