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How Jewish Composers Created Iconic Christmas Music

caption: Irving Berlin was a Jewish composer who created one of the most popular songs of all time: "White Christmas."
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Irving Berlin was a Jewish composer who created one of the most popular songs of all time: "White Christmas."
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Steve Scher talks with Amanda Wilde, host and producer of KUOW's The Swing Years, about how immigrant Jewish popular music composers shaped America’s perceptions of Christmas through music.

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