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ISRAEL AT WAR - DAY 348

Dirty Dancing

This photo, provided by the Liberty Township Fire Department, shows a fire that consumed a building at the site of the long-closed Grossinger's resort, once among the most storied and glamorous hotels in New York's Catskills, in Liberty, N.Y., Tuesday, Aug. 16, 2022. (Liberty Fire Chief Mark Johnstone via AP)
August 18, 2022, 6:41 am
Fire destroys part of fabled Catskills resort Grossinger’s
Upstate New York property, frequented by stars, Jewish guests and others until it shuttered in 1986, thought to have inspired ‘Dirty Dancing.’ Cause of blaze under investigation
By AP
Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in a scene from the 1987 film 'Dirty Dancing.' (Vestron/Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 8, 2020, 3:08 pm
‘Dirty Dancing’ sequel starring Jennifer Grey announced
Plot is under wraps with Jewish actress to also executive produce, but film to be what ‘fans have been waiting for,’ says studio exec
By Gabe Friedman
Patrick Swayze and Jennifer Grey in a scene from the 1987 film 'Dirty Dancing.' (Vestron/Getty Images/ via JTA)
August 2, 2020, 10:21 am
Locked down? Open up to… iconic film about US Jewish life, ‘Dirty Dancing’
One of Hollywood’s most crackling romances, the seminal Patrick Swayze movie’s understated premise shows a taboo interfaith courtship in the Catskill mountains of yesteryear
By Stephen Silver
Mambo dancers in New York's Catskill mountains, from 'The Mamboniks.' (Courtesy Lex Gillespie)
March 3, 2019, 4:38 pm
Hey mambo: The Latin music craze that moved a generation of Jewish immigrants
The mambo got a foothold in New York’s 1940s and ’50s melting pot, bringing Jews, Italians, Puerto Ricans and others in step, as portrayed in ‘The Mamboniks,’ premiering March 3
By Rich Tenorio
A photo of the former Grossinger’s resort in 2013. (Flickr Commons via JTA)
August 10, 2017, 11:20 pm
‘Dirty Dancing’ Catskills resort may reopen as spa hotel
Owner of former Grossinger’s complex hopes to get state funding to clear up contaminated areas of dilapidated site
By JTA
A postcard depicting Kutsher’s Hotel in 1955. (JTA/Flickr Commons)
July 1, 2015, 10:16 am
Jewish resort Kutsher’s to become yoga retreat
Indian billionaire plans to turn site that inspired ‘Dirty Dancing’ movie into wellness center
By JTA
December 11, 2012, 1:14 pm
Jewish flicks tackle football and ‘Fringes’
The roster of the silly and the spiritual at the Jerusalem Cinematheque’s annual Jewish film festival
By Jessica Steinberg
Fresh Roladin sufganiyot at the ready (photo credit: Miriam Alster/Flash 90)
December 7, 2012, 2:17 pm
Spin it, eat it, fry it: Top six ways to celebrate Hanukkah
A trail of film and food festivals, wild edibles walks, chalk dreidels, winter beer and Rube Goldberg techies
By Jessica Steinberg
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