Song of a Jewish Cowboy

Song of a Jewish Cowboy
Directed by	Bonnie Burt and Judith Montell
Produced by	Bonnie Burt Productions
Edited by	Bonnie Burt and Judith Montell
Release date	2002 (2002)
Running time	18 minutes
Country	United States
Language	English

Song of a Jewish Cowboy is a 2002 documentary about Scott Gerber, a rancher and musician from Sonoma County, California, who sings cowboy music and Yiddish folk songs. The documentary shows clips from his performances and a personal interview with Scott.

Summary

Scott's parents were socialist chicken ranchers who moved to Petaluma, California. Scott also went into chicken ranching and then dabbled in shearing sheep. He was instilled with a love of his Jewish heritage from his mother and grandmother, and sings many of the songs they taught him. Much of the documentary focuses on the perceptions of others to the differences between Scott's appearance and the music he sings.

See also

• Jewish music
• Secular Jewish music
• A Home on the Range
• My Yiddishe Momme McCoy
• From Swastika to Jim Crow
• Professional Revolutionary
• Awake Zion

References

• Friedland, Ronnie. "Jewish Cowboys and Chicken Ranchers: Two Films That May Confound Your Stereotypes". Interfaith Family.com. Retrieved 8 August 2007.

• Redux (August 5, 2002). "Scott Gerber- The Singing Jewish Cowboy". Everything 2. Retrieved 8 August 2007.

• Altman, Andy (January 14, 2000). "Yiddish cowboy: 'I'm not the stereotype'". J. The Jewish News of Northern California. Retrieved 8 August 2007.

External links

• Official website
• Song of a Jewish Cowboy at IMDb