Film Friday: Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas [In Person]

This week's special screening is the musical documentary, Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas (2017, 51mins)

"White Christmas," "Rudolph the Red-Nose Reindeer," and "Do you Hear What I Hear?" These popular holiday songs and many others have created the essential music to modern Christmas. Many of them were also created by predominately Jewish composers like Irving Berlin, cultural outsiders in a Western culture who sought to make a living by writing to appeal to the majority audience. This film explores the lives of these creatives, their works, and the culture they shared.