Borscht Belt

The decision Friday ends the effort by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians in Wisconsin to open a casino in the long economically depressed area, once a destination for top celebrities at world-class resorts in what was known as the Borscht Belt.

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The decision ends the effort by the Stockbridge-Munsee Band of Mohican Indians in Wisconsin to open a casino in the long economically depressed area, once a destination for top celebrities at world-class resorts in what was known as the Borscht Belt.

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"I am one of the few Jews in the history of the world who does not like borscht," says Mr. Roman, the dean of the Friars Club who earned his station with countless nights on the Borscht Belt circuit.

A Family Named Gold Tries to Add Cool to a Soup That's the Color Purple

In 2008, after nearly a decade in Britain, All Tomorrow's Parties expanded across the Atlantic to Kutsher's Country Club, a once-popular destination in Monticello, in New York's Borscht Belt.

Getting Ready for a Party

He has a touch of Borscht Belt in him, too, and trades jokes with his patients so regularly that some come prepared with new jokes to tell him.

Shock of Gray

What the film has in abundance is sass; a cool vibe; rapid-fire dialogue that's part private-school brat, part Borscht Belt, part Juno.

Erica Abeel: Worlds of Pain: From Wartorn to Tiny Furniture

Carl, a lover of big ideas, envisioned a touring cabaret of Stagedoor Manor kids as a regular act on the Borscht Belt circuit.

Theater Geek

And now comes Financial Services Committee Chairman Barney Frank's choreographed extravaganza in the House of Representatives, supported by an echoing committee, with sound bites worthy of a night in the Borscht Belt.

Stanley Kutler: We're Paying Congress for This?

Uh-oh And I even held for the laugh, like a Borscht Belt novice.

Melissa Kirsch: Confessions of a Would-Be Jewish Book Network Superstar

Later that same summer, Buttons worked on the Borscht Belt;1 his straight man was Robert Alda.

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