Dreaming of a Jewish Christmas
2017•52m•8.0•Released
DocumentaryMusic
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.
Director
Larry Weinstein
Writer
Jason Charters
Languages
English
Studio
Riddle Films Inc.
Cast
Larry Weinstein
Narrator
Kang Ho
Owner's Mother
Steven Page
Take-Out Man
Gaston Poon
Owner
Decker Williams
The Boy
Jeremy Salzman
Father
Jenna Harris
Mother
Franc-Anton Harwart
Head Waiter
Dione Taylor
Young Woman
Aviva Chernick
Female Singer
Justin Gray
Guitar Player
Sash Striga
Young Woman
Production
Company
Riddle Films Inc.
Producer
Jason Charters
Producer
Liam Romalis
Recommended
7.4
The Boys: The Sherman Brothers' Story
2009
6.8
Howard
2018
7.4
High School Musical: The Musical: The Holiday Special
2020
8.4
Selena Gomez: My Mind & Me
2022
7.3
The Show Must Go On: The Queen + Adam Lambert Story
2019
7
Rolling Thunder Revue: A Bob Dylan Story by Martin Scorsese
2019
7.5
The Last Repair Shop
2024
7
Western Stars
2019
8.3
Billie Eilish - Hit Me Hard and Soft: The Tour (Live in 3D)
2026
6.7
The Beach Boys
2024
6.8
Travis Scott: Look Mom I Can Fly
2019
7.2
Come See Me in the Good Light
2025
7.3
The Sound of 007
2022
8.1
Chadwick Boseman: A Tribute for a King
2020
7.3
WHAM!
2023
7.4
This Is It
2009
7.1
Katy Perry: Part of Me
2012
7.2
Zappa
2020
7.4
Gaga: Five Foot Two
2017
8.9
Selena y Los Dinos: A Family's Legacy
2025
Similar Movies
6.9
The Saddest Music in the World
2003
10
The Sorcerer’s Apprentice
1940
The Documentary RougeHotel
2026
10
LIVE TOUR 2013 Fortune Cookie ~Nani ga Deru ka na!?~
2014
10
Christmas with Crosby & Kate
1966
7.5
Prince: Sign 'o' the Times
1987
9
We Speak Music
2019
5.9
Bye Bye Birdie
1963
MEGUMI The Campaign
1989
7.5
The Beatles, Hippies & Hells Angels: Inside the Crazy World of Apple
2017
NARC. Mini-Doc – Outside The Mainstream: The North East’s Alternative Scene
2022
NARC. Mini-Doc – Combining The Arts: Spaces For All
2022
9
All Saints: The Video
1998
6.6
Eddie and the Cruisers II: Eddie Lives!
1989
5.4
The American Mall
2008
6.7
Nico, 1988
2017
THE RAMPAGE Live Tour 2025 PRIMAL SPIDER
2026
Shirakami Fubuki 1st Solo Concert FBKINGDOM “ANTHEM”
2025
8
Mary Berry's Ultimate Christmas
2022
The Artist Body
2022