Tag: Borscht Belt
Couchsurfing in the Borscht Belt
The act of hosting a foreign traveler in your home is right on so many levels. The Judeo-Moslem-Christian tradition of hospitality emanates from Abraham, the father of all three religions. In the book of Genesis, Abraham welcomes three travelers. He goes out to greet them since they are respectfully hesitant […]
The Borscht Belt
My grandparents lived in New York City when I was growing up. We often made the pilgrimage from Binghamton to the Big Apple along the old Route 17 that wound through the Catskill Mountains in eastern New York State. It was a road with switchbacks and hairpin turns that was […]