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Title In the Catskills : a century of Jewish experience in "The Mountains" / edited by Phil Brown.

Publication Info. New York : Columbia University Press, [2002]
©2002

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Description 1 online resource (xvi, 415 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references (pages 393-412).
Contents part 1. History: Sleeping in my parents' hotel: the end of a century of the Jewish Catskills / Phil Brown -- Jewish farmers of the Catskills / Abraham Lavenser and Clarence Steinberg -- Hotels and the Holocaust / Reuben Wallenrod -- The Catskills at the end of World War II / Martin Boris -- part 2. Boarding house, bungalow, and Kuchalayn life: The yearning heifer / Isaac Bashevis Singer -- Grine Felder -a place in the country / Martin Boris -- Bingo by the bungalow / Thane Rosenbaum -- Bungalow colony life / Irwin Richman -- Bungalow stories / Arthur Tanney -- part 3. Hotel life: Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House / Abraham Cahan -- Old stock / Hortense Calisher -- Young workers in the hotels / Phil Brown -- The pool / Eileen Pollack -- Growing up at Grossinger's / Tania Grossinger -- Five and three house / Sidney Offit -- Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the demise of the Catskills / Jerry A. Jacobs -- part 4. Entertainment: Comics, singers, and tummlers / Joey Adams (with Henry Tobias) -- The social director of the adult summer camp / Moss Hart -- The casino / Harvey Jacobs -- The fine art of mountain Tummling / Joyce Wadler -- Yener Welt -music and lyrics / Phil Brown -- Shoot the shtrudel to me, Yudel! -music and lyrics / Henry Foner -- part 5. Romance: Miss Tevkin / Abraham Cahan -- Forbidden fruit / Harvey Jacobs -- Marjorie at South Wind / Herman Wouk -- Amy Lourie / Terry Kay -- part 6. Religion: Bungalow summer: the Catskills, New York / Robert Eisenberg -- The shul in Kaaterskill Falls / Allegra Goodman -- part 7. Food: Eating at the hotel / Sarah Sandberg -- The Catskills remembered / Vivian Gornick -- Bungalow / Elizabeth Ehrlich.
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Subject Jews -- New York (State) -- Catskill Mountains Region -- Social life and customs.
Jews -- Recreation -- New York (State) -- Catskill Mountains Region.
Catskill Mountains Region (N.Y.) -- Social life and customs.
HISTORY -- State & Local.
HISTORY -- State & Local -- General.
SOCIAL SCIENCE -- Popular Culture.
Jews -- Recreation. (OCoLC)fst00983342
Jews -- Social life and customs. (OCoLC)fst00983364
Manners and customs. (OCoLC)fst01007815
New York (State) -- Catskill Mountains Region. (OCoLC)fst01347973
Genre/Form Electronic books.
Added Author Brown, Phil.
Other Form: Print version: In the Catskills. New York : Columbia University Press, ©2002 0231123604 (DLC) 2001042319 (OCoLC)47224694
ISBN 0231504403 (electronic bk.)
9780231504409 (electronic bk.)
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