A Paean to the Bygone “Borscht Belt”

Marisa J. Futernick creates fictions inspired by the Catskills, a vacation destination for midcentury Jewish families.

A Paean to the Bygone “Borscht Belt”
Film still of Marisa J. Futernick, “I Never Learned to Play Mah Jongg” (2025) (film score composed with Paul Huckerby, all images Renée Reizman/Hyperallergic)