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The Miles Nadal JCC and the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards proudly present:

A Meet the Author Event

Featuring Michael Posner, winner of the 2023 Special Achievement award.

Award-winning author, playwright and journalist Michael Posner discusses his three-volume biography Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories, featuring hundreds of interviews about the legendary Canadian musician with relatives, friends, musicians, classmates, bandmates and bedmates - many of whom have never spoken publicly before. Hear excerpts read and purchase autographed copies of these award-winning publications.

Join us in-person at the Miles Nadal JCC, ‘live’ on Zoom simulcast or register to receive the recording!

Co-presented by the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards.

Now celebrating its ninth year, the Canadian Jewish Literary Awards recognizes the finest books with Jewish themes and subjects by Canadian authors in a variety of genres. The Canadian Jewish Literary Awards, including the Irving Abella Award, are judged by an independent jury, who this year have selected winners in the categories of fiction, biography/memoir, poetry, history, Jewish Thought and Culture, Yiddish, scholarship, Holocaust, and books for children and youth, as well as two special awards. This year’s award winners represent all parts of Canada and the world. They share their talents and insights in Toronto, Montreal, Edmonton, Nova Scotia, Hamilton, Boston, Texas, Israel, and Australia. The Awards are administered through York University’s Israel and Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies. For more information, please visit www.cjlawards.ca

For registration assistance, please call 416-924-6211 x0 or email help@mnjcc.org.

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Price: $10.00 Taxes not included

Notes: Michael Posner is an award-winning writer, playwright, journalist, and the author of nine previous books. These include the Mordecai Richler biography The Last Honest Man, and the Anne Murray biography All of Me, both of which were national bestsellers. He was Washington Bureau Chief for Maclean’s Magazine, and later served as its national, foreign, and assistant managing editor. He was also managing editor of the Financial Times of Canada for three years. He later spent sixteen years as a senior writer with The Globe and Mail. We are delighted to welcome Michael to the Miles Nadal JCC this spring! To purchase copies Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories,(volumes 1, 2, 3), please visit https://www.simonandschuster.ca/books/Leonard-Cohen-Untold-Stories-The-Early-Years/Michael-Posner/Leonard-Cohen-Untold-Stories-series/9781982152628 The Israel & Golda Koschitzky Centre for Jewish Studies at York University is Canada's first interdisciplinary research centre in Jewish Studies. It brings together a vibrant community of scholars, teachers, and advanced students to promote cutting-edge research in the field. Since its inception in 1989, CJS has pursued a mission of not only fostering Jewish Studies research within the university but also enhancing the teaching of Jewish Studies. It is also committed to engaging the broader community and helping to prepare individuals for careers of service in professions related to Jewish Studies. CJS supports a variety of initiatives that help our students learn about the Jewish people in order to promote understanding of Jewish culture among the larger public. Its activities include visiting professorships, guest lectures, research workshops, academic symposia, public cultural events, student scholarships and prizes, and the building of a Jewish Studies reference and research collection. It also administers York's Graduate Diploma in Jewish Studies and the Jewish Teacher Education Program, which combines a BA with a BEd, as well as works collaboratively with York's B.A. Program in Jewish Studies. For more information, visit https://www.yorku.ca/cjs/about-the-centre/

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