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Festival in Ellenville, N.Y., celebrates resort area once known as the Borscht Belt

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.

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Jim Zarroli is an NPR correspondent based in New York. He covers economics and business news.
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