Usually means: Comedic Jewish entertainment in Catskills.
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Definitions from Wiktionary (Borscht Belt)

noun:  (with the) An area in upstate New York, in the Catskills, in which there were once many Jewish camps and resorts.
noun:  A style of comedy which originated in resort nightclubs of this region, noted for its use of self-deprecation, wordplay, and Yiddish vocabulary.

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