The term 'LIKE MANY BORSCHT-BELT COMEDIANS' can be summarized by the 6 letter word 'JEWISH'. This term refers to a type of comedy that originated in the JEWISH resorts of the Catskill Mountains in New York, known as the Borscht Belt. These resorts were popular in the 1940s and 1950s, and many of the comedians who performed there were JEWISH. As such, the term 'LIKE MANY BORSCHT-BELT COMEDIANS' is synonymous with being JEWISH.