KlezKanada is pleased to announce that, starting in December, Sebastian Schulman will be joining our team as Executive Director!

Photo: Sergei Tkachuk

Sebastian comes to KlezKanada most recently from the Yiddish Book Center in Amherst, Massachusetts, where he worked as a development officer and directed translation initiatives for the past several years. To this position at KlezKanada he brings almost ten years of experience in non-profit management and fundraising, and a background as a scholar, teacher, and translator of Yiddish culture and Jewish history.

Sebastian is already a part of the KlezKanada family, having served on the faculty several times since he first attended the festival in 2009. Borekh-habo et bienvenue! Please join us in welcoming Sebastian!