A one-day festival paid tribute to the impact of the Borscht Belt on Jewish comedy. The one-day Borscht Belt Festival paid tribute to the enduring legacy of the Borscht Belt, a collection of summer ...

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. — What's a Borscht Belt joke? Comedy historian Lenny Dave shares this classic told by the famous Catskills entertainer Myron Cohen. A Jewish grandmother is taking her grandson on ...

If there’s one joke that might sum up the Catskills experience — the buckle on the Borscht comedy Belt — it’s the oldie but goodie that dates back nearly 100 years, attributed to cartoonist Harry ...

FILE - Friars Club Dean Freddie Roman poses for photos at the Friars Club Roast of Don Rickles at the Waldorf Astoria on June 24, 2013, in New York. Roman, the former dean of The Friars Club and a ...

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. — Comedians Arial Elias, Olga Namer and Harrison Greenbaum will headline the Borscht Belt Fest when it returns to Ellenville July 24 to 26, the Catskills Borscht Belt Museum announced ...

ELLENVILLE, N.Y. — A new stand-up comedy series will begin in Ellenville, a collaboration between the New York Comedy Club and the Borscht Belt Museum. The series, the “Borscht Belt Comedy Club,” will ...

ELLENVILLE, N.Y — The Borscht Belt Museum’s Comedy Club monthly standup comedy series returns on Jan. 17-18 with a pair of events headlined by dentist turned comedian Jeffrey Gurian. A kickoff event ...

Jackie Mason, a throwback to the Borscht Belt style of comedy that was punctuated by a thick Yiddish accent and arm-waving delivery, died Saturday in New York City. He was 93. Mason’s death, at a ...

What’s a Borscht Belt joke? Comedy historian Lenny Dave shares this classic told by the famous Catskills entertainer Myron Cohen. A Jewish grandmother is taking her grandson on a walk on Coney ...