Contents

Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents vii
3. Preface xi
4. Acknowledgments xv
5. PART 1. HISTORY
6. Introduction 2
7. Sleeping in My Parents’ Hotel: The End of a Century of the Jewish Catskills 9
8. Jewish Farmers of the Catskills 22
9. Hotels and the Holocaust 39
10. The Catskills at the End of World War II 42
11. PART 2. BOARDING HOUSE, BUNGALOW, AND KUCHALAYN LIFE
12. Introduction 58
13. The Yearning Heifer 64
14. Grine Felder—A Place in the Country 75
15. Bingo by the Bungalow 81
16. Bungalow Colony Life 96
17. Bungalow Stories 110
18. PART 3. HOTEL LIFE
19. Introduction 128
20. Dinner at the Rigi Kulm House 140
21. Old Stock 143
22. Young Workers in the Hotels 155
23. The Pool 167
24. Growing Up at Grossinger’s 177
25. Five and Three House 183
26. Reflections on the Delmar Hotel and the Demise of the Catskills 198
27. PART 4. ENTERTAINMENT
28. Introduction 216
29. Comics, Singers, and Tummlers 224
30. The Social Director at the Adult Summer Camp 236
31. The Casino 243
32. The Fine Art of Mountain Tummling 248
33. Yener Welt—music and lyrics 256
34. Shoot the Shtrudel to Me, Yudel!—music and lyrics 260
35. PART 5. ROMANCE
36. Introduction 266
37. Miss Tevkin 272
38. Forbidden Fruit 280
39. Marjorie at South Wind 287
40. Amy Lourie 298
41. PART 6. RELIGION
42. Introduction 322
43. Bungalow Summer: The Catskills, New York 331
44. The Shul in Kaaterskill Falls 349
45. PART 7. FOOD
46. Introduction 362
47. Eating at the Hotel 367
48. The Catskills Remembered 371
49. Bungalow 377
50. APPENDICES—LINKS TO MORE SOURCES
51. Annotated Bibliography 393
52. Hotels of the Catskills 413
53. Bungalow Colonies of the Catskills 415