How to Use Borscht Belt in a Sentence

Borscht Belt

noun

• Myron Cohen was one of the Jewish comics that used to work the Borscht Belt in the Catskills.
  — Seth Abramovitch, HollywoodReporter, 30 Jan. 2026
• Many New Yorkers know the region's historic Borscht Belt, a network of Jewish resorts that flourished during the 20th century.
  — Katya Soldak, Forbes.com, 29 July 2026
• After serving in the Army during World War II and performing in the Borscht Belt, Sid Caesar hired him as a writer.
  — ABC News, 26 June 2026
• The Sullivan County Golf Club is a rural 9-hole course that opened back in 1925 in Liberty, New York, a small town about two hours from Manhattan, up in the Catskill Mountains where tourists used to flock during the Borscht Belt resort boom.
  — Lee Cowan, CBS News, 3 May 2026
• The first part goes from Brooks’ birth in Brooklyn in 1926 — the documentary’s title will, knock on wood, become outdated on June 28 — to his service in World War II, his Borscht Belt roots and his early collaborations with Sid Caesar.
  — Daniel Fienberg, HollywoodReporter, 21 Jan. 2026