“The Instant Art of Morris Katz,” the artist’s first-ever solo gallery show, opens at the YIVO Institute of Jewish Research on May 16. (New York Jewish Week) – When the Catskills were king, Morris ...

“The Borscht Belt Historical Markers Project” is dedicating markers in South Fallsburg, Kiamesha Lake, Hurleyville, Bethel and Woodridge this summer. (New York Jewish Week) – The Borscht Belt, the ...

In the mid-20th century, New York’s Catskills were the place to be in the summer months. From the 1920s through the 1990s, those looking for a getaway retreated to one of the hundreds of resorts, ...

The owners at the Brown's Hotel named their club after the comedian maestro Jerry Lewis (top inset), who performed there (main). The resorts were proving ground for legends such as Jackie Mason ...

Traditional village-style red borscht, cooked slowly in a pot with fresh vegetables and natural ingredients. A simple yet ...

NPR revisits the Borscht Belt, a place where Jewish families from New York escaped for the summer at a time when they weren't welcomed elsewhere. For many Jewish New Yorkers, summer once meant fleeing ...

Borscht Beat’s logo and graphics, illustrated by Hanna Sheehan (all images courtesy Aaron Bendich) A bright swell of clarinets and brass make way for a strong but ghostly voice, singing in a minor ...

It was a minor victory for Ukraine in a larger war for the country’s identity as the Russian army continues its deadly onslaught, attempting to manifest through force of arms President Vladimir V.

There is an old Ukrainian proverb that states: "Borscht is the center of everything." Two weeks after the war in Ukraine started, I met Daria Antonovska. When we first met, she had been a student at ...