Uploaded November 2017 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
Dione Taylor performs "The Christmas Song" from the documentary "Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas." Also featuring Steve March-Tormé, son of the song's composer Mel Tormé
Set almost entirely in a Chinese restaurant, "Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas" is 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 in it.
Directed by Larry Weinstein (Inside Hana's Suitcase, Beethoven's Hair) and produced by Riddle Films.
Watch the world broadcast premiere on The Documentary Channel, December 3rd at 8pm ET and on CBC, December 7th at 9pm.
For more information, visit dreamingofajewishchristmas.com
Dione Taylor performs "The Christmas Song" from the documentary "Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas." Also featuring Steve March-Tormé, son of the song's composer Mel Tormé
Set almost entirely in a Chinese restaurant, "Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas" is 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 in it.
Directed by Larry Weinstein (Inside Hana's Suitcase, Beethoven's Hair) and produced by Riddle Films.
Watch the world broadcast premiere on The Documentary Channel, December 3rd at 8pm ET and on CBC, December 7th at 9pm.
For more information, visit dreamingofajewishchristmas.com
