About KlezKanada:
(April 4, 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
(February 1, 2024) Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2024 - In Geveb
(August 2, 2023) From Assimilation to Reclamation: A Forward Writer on a Century of Jewish Arts and Culture – Mira Fox, The CANVAS Compendium
(February 6, 2023) Yiddish in ale lender! Yiddish Summer Programs Roundup 2023 – Alexander Stern, In Geveb
(January 19, 2023) KlezKanada is returning to full programming—including its annual summer retreat—with a new executive director – Janice Arnold, Canadian Jewish News
(October 14, 2022) A new klezmer tradition takes root in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park – Julia Gergely, Jewish Telegraphic Agency
(May 20, 2022) Jewish festival season is upon us—but who are these events for, anyway? – Canadian Jewish News
(April 19, 2022) Use Your Illusion – Rokhl Kafrissen, Tablet Magazine
(January 18, 2022) Have Yourself a Yiddish Little Christmas – Rokhl Kafrissen, Tablet Magazine
(August 29, 2021) The Return of Klezmer Music to Montreal After the Pandemic – Global Television
KlezKanada Returns – Ruth Schweitzer, Canadian Jewish News (August 19, 2019)
(August 2021) 2-part radio program by Bruce Triggs on Vancouver’s CFRO Radio, previewing KlezKanada 2021’s concerts and workshops
Part 1 – August 18, 2021
Part 2 – August 25, 2021
(August 2021) Interview (in English) on Radio Sefarad (Spain) by Linda Jimenez with KlezKanada’s Executive Director, Sebastian Schulman
(August 2021) KlezKanada rime avec yiddish et klezmer, avec Sebastian Schulman – interview (in French) with Sebastian Schulman, about KlezKanada on Radio Sefarad
(August 21, 2021) CJN Podcast: How KlezKanada and the Ashkenaz Festival are surviving under COVID - The CJN Daily
(August 21, 2021) Radio Shalom Copenhagen’s preview of KlezKanada (in Danish) with host Mariane Wachsberg
(August 8, 2021) 3-part radio preview on Winnipeg’s Jewish Radio Hour with Rochelle Zucker:
Part 1 (Preview of artists performing at KlezKanada) (July 11, 2021)
Part 2 (in Yiddish, including interview with Sebastian Schulman)
Part 3 (including interviews with Anthony Russell and live performance w/ Sergiu Popa & Noemy Braun)
(July 29, 2021) Preview of KlezKanada on Mundofonias Radio (which airs on over 3 dozen stations across 17 countries)
(July 5, 2021) Interview on CBC’s Let’s Go previewing Taraf Syriana’s concert at KlezKanada and their concert for retirees in Montreal
(June 2021) Revitalizing Yiddish Culture: KlezKanada Bolsters Communal Creativity and Cultural Vitality - Asa Brunet-Jailly, Niv Magazine
(May 19, 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 2, 2021) Edmonton Jewish Film Festival hopes to soar wider in second virtual incarnation - Fish Griwkowsky, Edmonton Journal
(April 21, 2021) Isabel Frey: Austrian musician, politician records protest songs in Yiddish – Joe Baur, South Florida Sun-Sentinel/JTA
(Dec 15, 2020) Where have you been? 25 Years at KlezKanada Documentary: Canada Council Digital Originals supports artists with $5,000 pandemic relief grants – CBC Arts
(November 3, 2020) KlezKanada Live with Sahsa Lurje, Joanne Borts and Sarah Gordon – The Vaybertaysh Podcast
(September 10, 2020) Yiddish Glory: Program Explores War-Era Yiddish Songs About Sickness, Grief – Ruth Schweitzer, The Canadian Jewish Record
(May 17, 2019) Fighting Fascism with Klezmer Music – Dan Rosenberg, The Canadian Jewish News
(March 5, 2019) Montrealer Wins Yiddish Singing Competition in Mexico – Canadian Jewish News
(August 22, 2018) 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 20, 2018) Olga Mieleszczuk: Meet the Catholic-Born Polish Orthodox Jew Who is Reviving Yiddish Tango – Larry Luxner, JTA
(August 8, 2018) Get Your Summer On At These Yiddish Festivals - Rose Kaplan, Tablet Magazine
(May 14, 2018) Yiddish is Alive for New KlezKanada Director - Janice Arnold, The Canadian Jewish News
(March 13, 2018) With a New Director, Klezkanada Looks to the Future – Jordan Kutzik, The Forward
(November 9, 2017) On the 79th Anniversary of Kristallnacht: The Semer Ensemble Documentary (Recorded at KlezKanada) – Dan Rosenberg, The New ClassicalFM
(October 1, 2017) Café International Visits KlezKanada – Café International Radio
(September 10, 2017) Anti-Fascist Klezmer, Daniel Kahn on Charlottesville and the 99% - Cafe International Radio
(Sept 9, 2017) Ichka: le parcours musical d’un peuple – Yves Bernard, Le Devoir
(July 6, 2017) Jordan Hirsch : The Teaneck Trumpeter – Larry Yudelson, The Jewish Standard / Times of Israel
(December 17, 2016) Bringing Jewish Music Back from the Ashes of Kristallnacht – Jordan Kutzik, The Forward
(August 31, 2016) Abraham Inc: Supergroup Combines Klezmer, Hip Hop and Funk – Ruth Schweitzer, The Canadian Jewish News
(May 7, 2016) Canadian Klezmer Camp Will Pay Tribute to Sholem Aleichem – Seth Rogovoy, The Forward
(August 22, 2015) Hommage a theodore Bikel, un personage de legende – Yves Bernard, Le Devoir
(August 19, 2015) Interview with Frank London, Previewing KlezKanada’s Tribute to Theodore Bikel – Radio 613, CKUT
(August 21, 2014) Orkeatar Kriminal au festival de musique juive de montréal – André Péloquin, Voir
(January 24, 2014) Jewish Poets in the Woods – Adeena Karasick, The Forward
(Nov 15, 2013) Music and the Laws of Poetry – Jake Marmer, The Forward
(August 31, 2011) Folk Roots/Folk Branches Previews Andy Statman’s KlezKanada Concert - Mike Regenstreif, CKCU Radio, Ottawa
(May 31, 2011) He Beat Me Black and Blue: Yiddish Songs of Family Violence – Adrienne Cooper and Sarah Mina Gordon, The Forward
(August 29, 2010) At Long Last, Montreal Gets a Jewish Music Festival – Ezra Glinter, The Forward
(August 25, 2010) A Star Is Born at KlezKanada – Itzik Gottesman, The Forward
(July 28, 2010) Du klezmer au hip-hop, Montréal voit naître le Festival de musique juive – Philippe Papineau, Le Devoir