More from KUOW Arts & Life How Jewish Composers Created Iconic Christmas Music KUOW Published December 23, 2013 at 1:45 PM AKST Twitter LinkedIn Email Listen • 10:00 Wikimedia Commons Irving Berlin was a Jewish composer who created one of the most popular songs of all time: "White Christmas." 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.