Strange title, you may think, but Jews who follow their Hebrew faith were not allowed to write songs about other religions. Being the clever people that they are, they figured they would get around the rule by writing about the season. Well here they are, Winter Wonderland, Let it Snow, Most wonderful time of the year, Silverbells, No place like home, Chestnuts roasting on an open fire, Rudolph the Red Nose Reindeer. Blitzen was Jewish?
I’ll be home for Christmas and Irving Berlin’s White Christmas. I don’t know about the others but Irving Berlin’s wife was Catholic. This only proves, that in America, where there is a Will there’s a Way. “Laughing all the way,” to the Bank.
Joseph B. D. Saraceno
Malcolm Jack sings the praises of the Jewish composers whose classic songs are at the heart of our sentimental season
Forget footsteps trudging in the snow, fires crackling, children laughing and Wham’s Last Christmas playing in shops for the umpteenth time before November is even out. MORE
