Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas

Overview

An offbeat, irreverent musical documentary that tells the story of a group of Jewish songwriters, including Irving Berlin, Mel Tormé, Jay Livingston, Ray Evans, Gloria Shayne Baker and Johnny Marks, who wrote the soundtrack to Christianity’s most musical holiday. It’s an amazing tale of immigrant outsiders who became irreplaceable players in pop culture’s mainstream – a generation of songwriters who found in Christmas the perfect holiday in which to imagine a better world, and for at least one day a year, make us believe.

Directed by Larry Weinstein

Top cast

Larry Weinstein

Narrator

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Kang Ho

Owner's Mother

Steven Page

Take-Out Man

G

Gaston Poon

Owner

D

Decker Williams

The Boy

J

Jeremy Salzman

Father

J

Jenna Harris

Mother

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Franc-Anton Harwart

Head Waiter

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Dione Taylor

Young Woman

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Aviva Chernick

Female Singer

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Justin Gray

Guitar Player

Sash Striga

Young Woman

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