Presse

CBC Let's Go: An Interview with Avia Moore on the Yiddish Culture Jam – The CBC, (February 25, 2026)

Charitable Choices: Asa Brunet-Jailly of KlezKanada - Emilea Semancik, the Montréal Guardian, (July 16, 2024)

SJN: Series of Yiddish arts and cultural workshops kicked off; Song of Songs Gala; and Israeli Memorial and Independence Days - Mike Cohen, The Suburban, (April 4, 2024) 

Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2024 - In Geveb, (February 1, 2024) 

From Assimilation to Reclamation: A Forward Writer on a Century of Jewish Arts and Culture – Mira Fox, The CANVAS Compendium, (August 2, 2023)

Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2023 –  Alexander Stern, In Geveb, (February 6, 2023) 

KlezKanada is returning to full programming—including its annual summer retreat—with a new executive director – Janice Arnold, Canadian Jewish News, (January 19, 2023)

A new klezmer tradition takes root in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park – Julia Gergely, Jewish Telegraphic Agency, (October 14, 2022) 

Jewish festival season is upon us—but who are these events for, anyway? – Canadian Jewish News, (May 20, 2022) 

Use Your Illusion – Rokhl Kafrissen, Tablet Magazine, (April 19, 2022)

Have Yourself a Yiddish Little Christmas – Rokhl Kafrissen, Tablet Magazine, (January 18, 2022)

Radio Shalom Copenhagen’s preview of KlezKanada (in Danish) with host Mariane Wachsberg, (August 31, 2021) 

The Return of Klezmer Music to Montreal After the Pandemic – Global Television, (August 29, 2021)

CJN Podcast: How KlezKanada and the Ashkenaz Festival are surviving under COVID - The CJN Daily, (August 21, 2021)  

KlezKanada Returns – Ruth Schweitzer, Canadian Jewish News, (August 19, 2019)

 2-part radio program  by Bruce Triggs on Vancouver’s CFRO Radio, previewing KlezKanada 2021’s concerts and workshops, (August 2021) 

Part 1 – August 19, 2021

Part 2 – August 25, 2021

KlezKanada rime avec yiddish et klezmer, avec Sebastian Schulman – interview (in French) with Sebastian Schulman, about KlezKanada on Radio Sefarad, (August 18, 2021)

Interview (in English) on Radio Sefarad (Spain) by Linda Jimenez with KlezKanada’s Executive Director, Sebastian Schulman, (August 3, 2021) 

Preview of KlezKanada on Mundofonias Radio (which airs on over 3 dozen stations across 17 countries), (July 29, 2021) 

Interview on CBC’s Let’s Go previewing Taraf Syriana’s concert at KlezKanada and their concert for retirees in Montreal, (July 5, 2021)

Revitalizing Yiddish Culture: KlezKanada Bolsters Communal Creativity and Cultural Vitality - Asa Brunet-Jailly, Niv Magazine, (June 12, 2021) 

Jewish Music in Canada – Sounds Jewish (airs on MPB, Mississippi Public Broadcasting and other public radio stations) a full one hour program looking at Jewish Music in Canada featuring KlezKanada performers, (May 19, 2021)

Edmonton Jewish Film Festival hopes to soar wider in second virtual incarnation - Fish Griwkowsky, Edmonton Journal, (May 2, 2021) 

Isabel Frey: Austrian musician, politician records protest songs in Yiddish – Joe Baur, South Florida Sun-Sentinel/JTA, (April 21, 2021) 

Where have you been? 25 Years at KlezKanada Documentary: Canada Council Digital Originals supports artists with $5,000 pandemic relief grants – CBC Arts, (Dec 15, 2020) 

KlezKanada Live with Sahsa Lurje, Joanne Borts and Sarah Gordon – The Vaybertaysh Podcast, (November 3, 2020) 

Yiddish Glory: Program Explores War-Era Yiddish Songs About Sickness, Grief – Ruth Schweitzer, The Canadian Jewish Record, (September 10, 2020)

Fighting Fascism with Klezmer Music – Dan Rosenberg, The Canadian Jewish News, (May 17, 2019) 

Montrealer Wins Yiddish Singing Competition in Mexico – The Canadian Jewish News, (March 5, 2019) 

Olga Mieleszczuk: Conoce a la judía ortodoxa polaca de origen católico que está reviviendo el tango idish – Larry Luxner, Translated by Silvia Schnessel, Enlace Judio (in Spanish), (August 22, 2018) 

Olga Mieleszczuk: Meet the Catholic-Born Polish Orthodox Jew Who is Reviving Yiddish Tango – Larry Luxner, JTA, (August 20, 2018) 

Get Your Summer On At These Yiddish Festivals - Rose Kaplan, Tablet Magazine, (August 8, 2018) 

Yiddish is Alive for New KlezKanada Director - Janice Arnold, The Canadian Jewish News, (May 14, 2018) 

With a New Director, Klezkanada Looks to the Future – Jordan Kutzik, The Forward, (March 13, 2018)

On the 79^th Anniversary of Kristallnacht: The Semer Ensemble Documentary (Recorded at KlezKanada) – Dan Rosenberg, The New ClassicalFM, (November 9, 2017) 

Café International Visits KlezKanada – Café International Radio, (October 1, 2017) 

Anti-Fascist Klezmer, Daniel Kahn on Charlottesville and the 99% - Cafe International Radio, (September 10, 2017) 

Ichka:  le parcours musical d’un peuple – Yves Bernard, Le Devoir, (Sept 9, 2017) 

Jordan Hirsch : The Teaneck Trumpeter – Larry Yudelson, The Jewish Standard / Times of Israel, (July 6, 2017) 

Bringing Jewish Music Back from the Ashes of Kristallnacht – Jordan Kutzik, The Forward, (December 17, 2016) 

Abraham Inc: Supergroup Combines Klezmer, Hip Hop and Funk – Ruth Schweitzer, The Canadian Jewish News, (August 31, 2016)

Canadian Klezmer Camp Will Pay Tribute to Sholem Aleichem – Seth Rogovoy, The Forward, (May 7, 2016) 

Hommage a theodore Bikel, un personage de legende – Yves Bernard, Le Devoir, (August 22, 2015) 

Orkeatar Kriminal au festival de musique juive de montréal – André Péloquin, Voir, (August 21, 2014)  

 Jewish Poets in the Woods – Adeena Karasick, The Forward, (January 24, 2014)

Music and the Laws of Poetry – Jake Marmer, The Forward, (Nov 15, 2013) 

Folk Roots/Folk Branches Previews Andy Statman’s KlezKanada Concert - Mike Regenstreif, CKCU Radio, Ottawa, (August 31, 2011) 

He Beat Me Black and Blue: Yiddish Songs of Family Violence – Adrienne Cooper and Sarah Mina Gordon, The Forward, (May 31, 2011) 

At Long Last, Montreal Gets a Jewish Music Festival – Ezra Glinter, The Forward, (August 29, 2010) 

A Star Is Born at KlezKanada – Itzik Gottesman, The Forward, (August 25, 2010) 

Du klezmer au hip-hop, Montréal voit naître le Festival de musique juive – Philippe Papineau, Le Devoir, (July 28, 2010)