Overview

  • This delightful documentary is a celebration of the historic Jewish “vacationland” known as “The Catskills”. The film covers 1920-1989 and offers an excellent overview of major Catskills resorts including Grossingers, Grand Mountain Hotel, The Concord, Kutshers, Homowack Lodge, the Bungalow Colonies and more. Lively music and personal anecdotes - from Catskills workers, comedians and former guests – brings viewers on a nostalgic trip down memory lane.

Preceded by the short film The Source of All Beauty.

The Source of All Beauty   2023   19 minutes    Hebrew w/subtitles   Rachel Levy 

Yaeli, an ultra-Orthodox Jewish young woman, carries a terrible secret that may destroy all her chances of future happiness.

The film will be followed by a discussion with Mary Laufbaum, whose family ran a 65-acre bungalow colony during the peak of the Catskill era, and with Paul Rosear, whose father owned the Ambassador hotel.