About the Festival
"Music is the universal language of mankind."
- Christopher North
Jewish Music Week is an exciting week of concerts, recitals and musical events throughout the Greater Toronto Area. Founded in 2011, the festival celebrates all styles of Jewish music, as well as the Jewish contribution to mainstream genres of music. Our programs include Sephardic and Klezmer, Holocaust music and Israeli pop, Broadway and Hollywood, Chassidic Nigunim and Yiddish Theatre, Jazz and Big Band, Cantorial, folk, gospel, bluegrass and more!
Jewish Music Week partners with many Toronto
organizations for the benefit of the entire community. All daytime events are free, and many of the Gala Evening Concerts benefit Toronto synagogues or local charities. With performances all over town, you won't have to travel far to enjoy a spectacular musical event. Join us – as a volunteer, a performer, a donor or a member of our audience. Jewish Music Week has something for everyone!
OUR TEAM
Artistic Director
Aliza Spiro
Board of Directors
Bill Sklar
Mathias Memmel
Steven Stein
Telephone Lady
Barbara Lazar
Sponsorship, Marketing & Media Relations
Michelle Levy
Volunteer Coordinator
Roza Berkowitz
Artist-in-Residence for JAM-Ex
(Jewish Arts & Music Exhibition)
Melanie Siegel
Technical Liaison
Benjamin Shindman
Hospitality Director
Harriet Millstone
Partners
As we bring Jewish Music to the Greater Toronto Area, we are thrilled to be able to work in cooperation with the following marvelous Toronto organizations:
Bravo Academy for the Performing Arts
Canadian Friends of Hebrew University
Columbus Centre Villa Charities
Committee for Yiddish of UJA Federation
Consul General of Israel to Toronto and Western Canada
Jewish Heritage Month
Princess Margaret Cancer Centre
Media Sponsors
We are especially grateful to our Media Sponsors whose partnerships enable us to reach out to the community:
Synagogue Partners