So we created our own resorts.
Right, I forgot to mention that aspect of the situation, not intentionally.
It's kind of strange that the hoity-toity resorts didn't want Jews, at least to me, if for no other reason than that the Jewish girls were way cuter than the gentile girls. IMHO. I can't picture who the goyim were trying to protect from whom.
I'm not Jewish, btw. But I did grow up in New York State, and since I was a semi-serious musician in high school and college I met and hung out with a lot of Jewish kids.
Well we’re loud and obnoxious, stereotypically.
New money Jews coming to the white shoe country club is the entire gag behind Rodney Dangerfield in Caddy Shack.
And for the record, my family was in Israel since WWII.
My American wife’s speaks fondly of the Catskills.
You can’t live or work in/near NYC and not pick up strong elements of the culture even if you’re a Christian (like me). I tried to get whitefish salad once in New England - they made it out of cod, and put tobacco sauce and capers in it. It was criminal. Then an employer outside of the tristate area seemed to not take Rosh Hashanah or Yom Kippur into account and I almost flipped. Finally, I was on a call with people from the Midwest and said “oy vey” and had to explain it.