Set largely 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.
=0D=0A=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.
=0D=0A=Come for a night of Christmas magic with live music from the Sizzlers Fiddle Group as well as Director Larry Weinstein who will join us over Skype from Toronto for an introduction and Q & A. Plus Christmas Carols with soprano Jessica Wagner and pianist Juan Vassallo. Presented with Support from the Victoria International Jewish Film Festival
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