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Join us for KlezKanada’s Chai Year: Monday August 19 to Sunday August 25, 2013

By avia_moore | Published: May 9, 2013

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 – Moroccan Cantor teaching chazzanut and piyyutim,
  • Plus returning faculty favourites!
  • Yiddish Theater Intensive featuring new faculty member, Eleanor Reissa
  • Lectures and workshops featuring the Jewish Graphic Novel
  • Our annual not-to-be-missed GROYSER CONCERT

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Introducing Karen Shopsowitz

By avia_moore | Published: May 22, 2013

KlezKanada is pleased to announce the addition of renowned documentary filmmaker Karen Shopsowitz to the 2013 faculty. Karen will direct this year’s David Stein Film Scholarship program, taking the reins from Garry Beitel. Our sincere gratitude to Garry for his accomplishments in overseeing this program during its first six years of operation. Applications are still being accepted for the program, click here to apply.

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The Klezkanada Poetry Retreat is back!

By avia_moore | Published: May 9, 2013

The Klezkanada Poetry Retreat is back! For the second successful year in a row, internationally acclaimed poets, performers, groundbreakers and thinkers, Jake Marmer and Adeena Karasick will be returning to host 4 days of lectures, discussions, master classes on writing and performance – under the motto “Three Millennia of Poetic subversion”. Read More »

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Exciting First-time Faculty Members for 2013

By avia_moore | Published: May 9, 2013

We are thrilled to welcome first-time faculty members and master musicians Ethel Raim, Moussa (Moshe) Berlin, Cantor Aaron ben Soussan, and Lauren Brody. And, we’ll enthusiastically welcome the return of Alan Bern and Veretski Pass to our teaching faculty.
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2013 Featured Artist: Josh Dolgin aka Socalled

By avia_moore | Published: May 9, 2013

Our featured artist this year will be Josh Dolgin, aka SoCalled. Enough praise cannot be sung about Josh. Touring with his own bands and projects, with David Krakauer, as a soloist, singer, composer, DJ, magician: Josh is doing it all.
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