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

NPR | By Jim Zarroli

Published August 1, 2023 at 4:57 PM EDT

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.

Jim Zarroli

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

WEKU depends on support from those who view and listen to our content. There's no paywall here. Please support WEKU with your donation.

Contribute now

Related Content

Regional News

Tennessee could lock up foster youth in jail-like facilities under new bill

Paige Pfleger

Research shows it's best practice to house foster kids with families, but a bill would allow foster kids to be placed in the most secure juvenile facilities.
NPR News

Newly discovered dinosaur species was a fish-eater with a huge horn

Rebecca Hersher

The semi-aquatic dinosaur, Spinosaurus mirabilis, was discovered by an international team of scientists working in Niger.
NPR News

Reporters' notebook: The Olympics closing ceremony is way more fun than you'd think

Rachel Treisman, Pien Huang

Olympics opening ceremonies tend to get more love than their closing counterparts. But a pair of NPR reporters who watched both in Italy left with a newfound appreciation for the latter.
NPR News

A major winter storm hits the Northeast, with blizzard warnings in effect

Chandelis Duster

New Jersey through Massachusetts could see 2 feet of snow. New York City's mayor said the city had not "seen a storm like this in a decade."
Some U.S. Olympians live, train (and fall in love) in the countries they compete against

Brian Mann

Some U.S. Olympians at the Winter Games spend most of their lives overseas, training and putting down roots in the countries they compete against.