Just found out that my great grandparents (who were Jews), met there around 1925. It seems like a cool place, I hope I can check it out sometime in the distant future
HI Courtney -- did you mean they met in 1952 -perhaps ? I ask that because there were NO hotels like the ones shown back then . I went as a little boy to a couple of places but they were in the 50's . Airports for civilian travel took people to Europe rather than the Catskills. I spent some wonderful summers up there when I was a little boy.
@ Courtneybenson907 There is a woman named *Frieda Vizel* who has a YT channel that has a few videos about these resorts as well as her visit to the Borscht Belt Museum. There were three really famous hotels (see below) but there were many more smaller hotels and summer cabin communities in the Catskills that were popular with Jewish people from NYC. The *Concord Resort Hotel* , Kiamesha Lake, New York (A hamlet in the town of Thompson, Sullivan county) was the largest of the Borscht Belt hotels (closed 1998) There is still a significant presence of Jewish people living around Kiamesha Lake *Kutsher's Hotel and Country Club* (Thompson, Sullivan County - near Monticello, NY, off Route 17)[1]was the last of the grand Borsch Belt hotels to close (in 2013). *Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel* (Town of Liberty, near the village of Liberty, New York, of Route 17)[1] "It was a kosher establishment that catered primarily to Jewish clients from New York City. Under the direction of hostess Jennie Grossinger, it became one of the largest Borscht Belt resorts. After decades of activity and notable guests, it closed in 1986. Most of the buildings on site had been demolished by 2018; however, a few remained in decrepit condition, and were destroyed in a fire in 2022." -- Wikipedia Grossinger's was also famous for it's gourmet rye bread (thin-sliced, w-seeds/seedless) that was once sold throughout New York state. I think that the bakery and the resort were only linked by the brand of bread (licensing?) __________________________________________ 1.) Route 17 is being gradually expanded to be Interstate Highway 86
The Highway through the Jewish Catskills was NY State Route 17 -- NOT 76, as in the incorrect sub-title! NY 17 is gradually turning into I-86, a new interstate, basically following NY 17 across the southern tier of New York State, from the Hudson River west to the Pennsylvania line, near Erie PA. The Borscht Belt (or "Jewish Catsklills") are located in the Sullivan and Ulster County sections of that highway.
i wish they didnt close the nevele but i remember last time i went there which was a few years before it closed the golf course was run down it was sad but i still love the nevele
My Grandparents would go to South Fallsburg. We visited almost every weekend. Bell's Bungalows, 61 Laurel Av. And a couple others. Grandma stayed in the Colony at Pleasant Valley Rd & Westwood Dr (don't remember the name) in the early 70's.
I was born in 65, so perfect age, however, my parents only took us once, to Browns Hotel. I would have liked to experience that vibe a whole lot more growing up. Interestingly enough, decades later in the mid 90s, I wound up studying teachings of a Hindu Guru, and her ashram is in South Fallsburg. Her Guru, Baba Muktananda was one of the famous gurus that toured the US in the 1970s, and built an ashram there on Brickman Road. :)
I, as a non-Jew think that the Borsch Belt culture was cool! ❤👍😊 I know that this is about the Borsch Belt resorts; but during the day, just about everyone went to camps or resorts There were also many non-Jewish resorts in both the Catskills and Adirondacks as well as on the Finger Lakes and Great Lakes back in days of rail travel. It was not unusual for middle-class families (at least mama and the kids) to spend the entire summer in these places since the cities of the era were very polluted and extremely hot. Less-wealthy families could opt for a semi-vacation where they tended crops for farmers. In particular, many poorer German immigrants opted for this in the Mohawk valley where hops and other high-maintenance crops were grown. The women and girls would stay in little camps/shanties/cabins or in curtained-off areas of a barn (animals stayed outside in the summer months*) and the boys sleeping in a tent. The women organized themselves to cook the food in a communal fashion. Many of these people originated from farms in Europe, sometimes from the same areas within the tiny German states (pre-1870 Germany) or within the Austrian empire. Families would return year after year and developed deep friendships with the other visitors and a knowledge the local people. When factories began to locate outside of NYC; this knowledge came in handy for those who wanted to emigrate outside of NYC. _____________________________ *The stone (and later concrete) floors and walls of these barns could be cleaned/scrubbed and painted with lime paint (disinfecting properties) In those barns, the animals stayed on the ground-level floor during the winter and the upper floor (loft) was used to store hay and grain for the animal's winter food. During the summer, these lofts would be empty or nearly empty. The lofts were gradually refilled with the first and second cutting of the hay (and a third cutting in a good year-- cooperative weather)
My great grandparents were Hungarian Catholics who lived in Ulster County. My grandfather and I think at least one great aunt were born there. I am gathering as many family documents as I can so can get a Hungarian passport.
This was not my experienceas pictured here in the Catskills. We were a lower middle class family so we rented an affordable small bungalow in various bungalow colonies. I never visited any of the nearby hotels.
None of the Jewish resorts in the Catskills are left. Kutscher's was the last one but that was done several years ago. Somebody tried to revive Kutscher's but those efforts only lasted a short while. The Catskills resorts included either 2 or 3 meals each day where the waitstaff brought unlimited amounts of food, nightly entertainment, and activities all day long. Many people who lived in NYC went there during the summer to get away from the heat.
The Concord Resort Hotel outlasted most of the other Jewish Hotels. Many regular patrons of those closed hotels then went to the Concord. The Concord even had a Glatt Kosher kitchen in the later years separate from their main orthodox kitchen.
A grand era that will never return! The picture of the beautiful big indoor swimming pool back then - and now it is deserted, empty and strewn with graffiti is just sad!
It's now been razed, actually, with the rest of the abandoned structures at Grossingers. Hopefully, one day, something great will be built there again.
That was a time that will never come back. I live in another state, and remember as a kid seeing commercials for Manischewitz and Mogen David foods and wine. There were real Jewish Delicatessens all over the place. And a Jewish culture that permeated society. That's gone, as the generations assimilated into the common culture. I miss it.
I vacationed there as a boy, and worked there as a teen-ager. Mrs. Maisel was a look at the Catskills that was like it was but on steroids. As a staff member I met my wife of 57 years.
The government's subsidizing of air-travel and then it's deregulation (resulting in lower fares) destroyed the passenger train business in the USA There a still a few passenger trains but no service to places like those (now defunct) resorts or even smaller cities/towns along the lines where the major ("express" - for lack of a better word) passenger trains run.
Um...It is SO MUCH MORE complex than this! In the case and trial of Ethel Rosenberg, especially, there is significant evidence that she was innocent. It was complicated, so please don't make sweeping generalizations about either of them, two very misguided people whose aim was to create a better world. In the context of the time, it was not so extreme to have "faith" in Russia, who fought on the side of the USA against Nazis. We did not yet know how horrible Stalin was, we really did not. It is so easy to criticize after-the-fact, and with hindsight You can argue about Julius, but Ethel did not deserve the electric chair, not at all. She was NOT involved in spying. The govt. made their kids orphans, and it was a response to the post war hysteria about communism, which also resulted in the US protecting ex-Nazis and allowing them entry to America because they were "anti-USSR."
I watched The fabulous Mrs Maisel and now I am here!
Ana Espinobarros ... You mean The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel?
I had Maisel kids in my school as a kid, and our pharmacist was Stanley Maisel. Just trivia .
Great vid, I only wish it was longer! :-)
The cantors had their conventions there and they were wonderful
I've been here a few times, I love it up at the Catskills. I'm from the UK.
Just found out that my great grandparents (who were Jews), met there around 1925. It seems like a cool place, I hope I can check it out sometime in the distant future
HI Courtney -- did you mean they met in 1952 -perhaps ? I ask that because there were NO hotels like the ones shown back then . I went as a little boy to a couple of places but they were in the 50's . Airports for civilian travel took people to Europe rather than the Catskills. I spent some wonderful summers up there when I was a little boy.
@@zevbabbitt4386 It was 1925, at a place called The Kenmore, it had burned down by the time my great grandmother visited there again in the 60’s.
@ Courtneybenson907
There is a woman named *Frieda Vizel* who has a YT channel that has a few videos about these resorts as well as
her visit to the Borscht Belt Museum. There were three really famous hotels (see below) but there were many more
smaller hotels and summer cabin communities in the Catskills that were popular with Jewish people from NYC.
The *Concord Resort Hotel* , Kiamesha Lake, New York (A hamlet in the town of Thompson, Sullivan county)
was the largest of the Borscht Belt hotels (closed 1998) There is still a significant presence of Jewish people
living around Kiamesha Lake
*Kutsher's Hotel and Country Club* (Thompson, Sullivan County - near Monticello, NY, off Route 17)[1]was the last
of the grand Borsch Belt hotels to close (in 2013).
*Grossinger's Catskill Resort Hotel* (Town of Liberty, near the village of Liberty, New York, of Route 17)[1]
"It was a kosher establishment that catered primarily to Jewish clients from New York City. Under the direction of hostess Jennie Grossinger, it became one of the largest Borscht Belt resorts. After decades of activity and notable guests, it closed in 1986. Most of the buildings on site had been demolished by 2018; however, a few remained in decrepit condition, and were destroyed in a fire in 2022." -- Wikipedia
Grossinger's was also famous for it's gourmet rye bread (thin-sliced, w-seeds/seedless) that was once sold
throughout New York state. I think that the bakery and the resort were only linked by the brand of bread (licensing?)
__________________________________________
1.) Route 17 is being gradually expanded to be Interstate Highway 86
The Highway through the Jewish Catskills was NY State Route 17 -- NOT 76, as in the incorrect sub-title! NY 17 is gradually turning into I-86, a new interstate, basically following NY 17 across the southern tier of New York State, from the Hudson River west to the Pennsylvania line, near Erie PA. The Borscht Belt (or "Jewish Catsklills") are located in the Sullivan and Ulster County sections of that highway.
FYI: Rt 17 does not ever go thru Ulster.
The Quickway.
In our family we called them "The Sour Cream Alps..."
I still live here. It will never be what it once was. The scenery is still here but the hotels are gone,,,except for the Raleigh.👍
i wish they didnt close the nevele but i remember last time i went there which was a few years before it closed the golf course was run down it was sad but i still love the nevele
My Grandparents would go to South Fallsburg. We visited almost every weekend. Bell's Bungalows, 61 Laurel Av. And a couple others. Grandma stayed in the Colony at Pleasant Valley Rd & Westwood Dr (don't remember the name) in the early 70's.
I was born in 65, so perfect age, however, my parents only took us once, to Browns Hotel. I would have liked to experience that vibe a whole lot more growing up. Interestingly enough, decades later in the mid 90s, I wound up studying teachings of a Hindu Guru, and her ashram is in South Fallsburg. Her Guru, Baba Muktananda was one of the famous gurus that toured the US in the 1970s, and built an ashram there on Brickman Road. :)
@@coreyspiano9890 Browns burnt down.
@@alb12345672 ahhhhhh that's sad
I, as a non-Jew think that the Borsch Belt culture was cool! ❤👍😊
I know that this is about the Borsch Belt resorts; but during the day, just about everyone went to camps or resorts
There were also many non-Jewish resorts in both the Catskills and Adirondacks as well as on the Finger Lakes and
Great Lakes back in days of rail travel. It was not unusual for middle-class families (at least mama and the kids) to
spend the entire summer in these places since the cities of the era were very polluted and extremely hot.
Less-wealthy families could opt for a semi-vacation where they tended crops for farmers. In particular, many poorer
German immigrants opted for this in the Mohawk valley where hops and other high-maintenance crops were grown.
The women and girls would stay in little camps/shanties/cabins or in curtained-off areas of a barn (animals stayed
outside in the summer months*) and the boys sleeping in a tent. The women organized themselves to cook the food
in a communal fashion. Many of these people originated from farms in Europe, sometimes from the same areas
within the tiny German states (pre-1870 Germany) or within the Austrian empire. Families would return year after
year and developed deep friendships with the other visitors and a knowledge the local people. When factories
began to locate outside of NYC; this knowledge came in handy for those who wanted to emigrate outside of NYC.
_____________________________
*The stone (and later concrete) floors and walls of these barns could be cleaned/scrubbed and painted with lime paint
(disinfecting properties) In those barns, the animals stayed on the ground-level floor during the winter and the upper
floor (loft) was used to store hay and grain for the animal's winter food. During the summer, these lofts would be empty
or nearly empty. The lofts were gradually refilled with the first and second cutting of the hay (and a third cutting in a good
year-- cooperative weather)
Great video. Thanks!
It was a good time the old hotels
My great grandparents were Hungarian Catholics who lived in Ulster County. My grandfather and I think at least one great aunt were born there. I am gathering as many family documents as I can so can get a Hungarian passport.
This was not my experienceas pictured here in the Catskills. We were a lower middle class family so we rented an affordable small bungalow in various bungalow colonies. I never visited any of the nearby hotels.
None of the Jewish resorts in the Catskills are left. Kutscher's was the last one but that was done several years ago. Somebody tried to revive Kutscher's but those efforts only lasted a short while. The Catskills resorts included either 2 or 3 meals each day where the waitstaff brought unlimited amounts of food, nightly entertainment, and activities all day long. Many people who lived in NYC went there during the summer to get away from the heat.
the Raleigh is still open and thriving
@@RabbiKolakowski Can a non-Jew stay here?
@@skimanfree1073 why not? It is a hotel like any. Just all the food is kosher and there are no TVs so idk if you want to, but you can if you want.
The Concord Resort Hotel outlasted most of the other Jewish Hotels. Many regular patrons of those closed hotels then went to the Concord. The Concord even had a Glatt Kosher kitchen in the later years separate from their main orthodox kitchen.
ill miss u the nevele :(
A grand era that will never return! The picture of the beautiful big indoor swimming pool back then - and now it is deserted, empty and strewn with graffiti is just sad!
It's now been razed, actually, with the rest of the abandoned structures at Grossingers. Hopefully, one day, something great will be built there again.
That was a time that will never come back. I live in another state, and remember as a kid seeing commercials for Manischewitz and Mogen David foods and wine. There were real Jewish Delicatessens all over the place. And a Jewish culture that permeated society. That's gone, as the generations assimilated into the common culture. I miss it.
thats what happens when you have a culture of pure consumption
I tried finding this place.
Route 17 not 76
I vacationed there as a boy, and worked there as a teen-ager. Mrs. Maisel was a look at the Catskills that was like it was but on steroids. As a staff member I met my wife of 57 years.
We vacationed there in the early 80s. I wish we didn’t have to get on a plane to vacation these days
The government's
subsidizing of air-travel
and then it's deregulation
(resulting in lower fares)
destroyed the passenger
train business in the USA
There a still a few passenger
trains but no service to places
like those (now defunct) resorts
or even smaller cities/towns along
the lines where the major ("express"
- for lack of a better word) passenger
trains run.
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My Dad Irish from the Bronx ww2 era Mom Italian from Florence Italy they referred to the Catskills as The Jew Alps
When I think of the Catskills I think of food.
Love upstate NY ! Just did a Catskills video on my page as well. Feel free to check it out!
Nice footage, but pretty superficial.
So glad I missed those "fun" times!
@ Robert Caskie: Julius and Ethel Rosenberg were also "great people" and look how our faith in them cost us.
Um...It is SO MUCH MORE complex than this! In the case and trial of Ethel Rosenberg, especially, there is significant evidence that she was innocent. It was complicated, so please don't make sweeping generalizations about either of them, two very misguided people whose aim was to create a better world. In the context of the time, it was not so extreme to have "faith" in Russia, who fought on the side of the USA against Nazis. We did not yet know how horrible Stalin was, we really did not. It is so easy to criticize after-the-fact, and with hindsight You can argue about Julius, but Ethel did not deserve the electric chair, not at all. She was NOT involved in spying. The govt. made their kids orphans, and it was a response to the post war hysteria about communism, which also resulted in the US protecting ex-Nazis and allowing them entry to America because they were "anti-USSR."
@@prof4659 It doesn't matter what the Rosenbergs' faith was - his reply is thoroughly anti-Semitic.
The Jewish Alps. Unfortunately, the area has gone into a very steep decline.
Hebelandia haha
🖤 WALKED OUT OF THE MOVIE THEATER 🎭 🏟 for THAT MOVIE DIRTY DANCING HATED THAT MOVIE