The world premiere of ‘Justice: A Holocaust Zombie Story’ at the Ashkenaz Festival
The free event will immerse audiences in the world of this bold new production.
Ashkenaz Festival scales back its events at Harbourfront, facing increased security costs and concerns
Harbourfront allegedly recommended nearly $1 million in additional security costs.
Ashkenaz Festival dedicates October to streaming four new concerts recorded in the summer
This month the Ashkenaz Festival is streaming a series of four concerts—the festival’s first shows with a live audience in way too long for everyone involved. Both visually and sound-wise, production values are high in the videos, shot north of Toronto in a barn on Bela Farm, a rural home of Shoresh, a Jewish environmental […]
It’s a busy time ahead for Free Times Cafe’s owner
Barbara Silverstein profiles Free Times Cafe’s owner, Judy Perly, and her infamous ‘Bella! Did Ya Eat?’ Sunday brunch.
Festival showcases traditional Jewish fare
“Since 2012, the Ashkenaz festival has featured more cross-culturism within Jewish music and the arts world, making the Global Shtetl a natural development.”
Ashkenaz Festival set to fill Toronto with song
Over 250 international artists will gather at various locations around Toronto for the 12th rendition of the Ashkenaz festival, which celebrates live music, theatre, art and culture.
Show offers new, modern perspective on historic Salome
The Salome story many of us are familiar with was created by Oscar Wilde. His play about Salome is fake news from the 19th century, Karasick said.
Inside the burgeoning Yiddish renaissance
Picture a secular, global, urban hipster: that’s the face of the new Yiddish.
Ashkenaz Festival to celebrate Polish-Jewish culture
Ruth Schweitzer provides you with the highlights of the Polish-Jewish section of the upcoming Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto.
Ashkenaz to open with Soviet songs from the Second World War
Ruth Schweitzer writes about the genesis of Yiddish Glory: The Lost Songs of World War II, a concert that will be opening the Ashkenaz Festival in Toronto this summer.
