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 ht-belt-museum/
SUMMARY:Adult Ed: Virtual Tour of  the Borscht Belt Museum
DESCRIPTION:The Borscht Belt Museum will illuminate and celebrate the golde
 n age of the Catskills resort era\, when millions of urban dwellers sought
  refuge in the mountains of upstate New York\, leaving deep imprints on ma
 instream American culture\, from stand-up comedy and comfort food to mid-c
 entury modern design and popular concepts of leisure. A virtual tour of th
 ose “thrilling days of yesteryear” when Urban Jews loaded their Chevys
  and Fords (and a few Cadillacs and Lincolns) crossed the Hudson on the Ge
 orge Washington Bridge and ventured “up to the mountains” via Old 17 (
 or the new “superhighway called the Quickway”) and\, after a quick pit
  stop at the Red Apple Rest\, finally pulled into the driveway of one of t
 he 538 hotels or 1500 bungalow colonies that dotted areas of Ulster and Su
 llivan counties to begin their “vacation in the Borscht Belt!” Whether
  a weekend\, a week or an 8 week summer\, the Borscht Belt had something f
 or everyone! Relive those times\; those experiences (perhaps maybe even re
 live those “R-Rated experiences”) with Borscht Belt Historian and “u
 ltimate Catskill Rat\,” Dr Peter Alan Chester\, Treasurer/CFO – Foundi
 ng Director of the Catskills Borscht Belt Museum\, as he takes you on a tr
 ip down memory lane. “The Main Dining Room is now open for your dining p
 leasure”--- CHARGE!\n\nDR PETER ALAN CHESTER is the first generation Ame
 rican born son of Holocaust Survivors Leo and Henriette Chester. His Great
 -Grandfather was the Chief Rabbi of Bad Ems and Koblenz. His Great-Uncle w
 as the Chief Rabbi of Paris. Peter has three earned degrees from New York 
 University\, graduating Magna Cum Laude as a Fellow of the Department. A l
 ife-long career in public education\, Peter began as a Teacher of Middle S
 chool Science and Math in Coney Island\, advancing to Dean of Students and
  Science Chairperson. He served on the staff of three Chancellors and late
 r returned to his district as Director of Science and Professional Develop
 ment. Peter facilitated the establishment of The Bay Academy for the Arts 
 and Sciences\, a middle school for the academically gifted\, serving as it
 s Founding Director. He also served as Interim Principal of several elemen
 tary and middle schools. He is fluent in German\, French\, Flemish and Yid
 dish and is a trained keyboard and vocal musician. He is active in numerou
 s “2G” groups for Children of Survivors and has presented “The Legac
 y of My Family: The Story of Their Survival of The Holocaust” for many a
 udiences nationally and internationally speaking in English\, German and F
 lemish.\n\nREGISTER HERE
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