Category Archives: Judaica

KlezKanada 2015

KlezKanada’s Laurentian Retreat Each summer KlezKanada’s Laurentian Retreat draws people from around the world. On the shores of a calm lake, nestled amongst the beautiful Laurentian mountains, participants celebrate the tradition, innovation, and continuity of Jewish/Yiddish culture. Intergenerational, interdisciplinary, and … Continue reading

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Phillipines Typhoon – Toronto Jewish Community Response

The Jewish and Philippines communities of Toronto and Canada intersect geographically at Bathurst Street and Wilson Avenue in central North York, but it should be recognized, that these communities intersect in so many other ways as well. Like the Jews … Continue reading

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Shana Tova

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KlezKanada Yiddish Music & Culture Camp, Laurentians, Quebec

2013 HIGHLIGHTS INCLUDE The 2nd KlezKanada Jewish Poetry Retreat Crash Course in Yiddish E Shul of (Klezmer) Rock E Featured Artist: Socalled! New faculty includes Moussa Berlin – master of the Meron Tradition in Israel, and Cantor Aaron ben Soussan … Continue reading

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2011-11-03 Holocaust Education Week, Toronto, ON

Leon Wasser attended a Holocaust Education Week lecture on trans-generational transmitted trauma at the University of Toronto’s New College on Wed Nov 3, 2011.

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