The Koffler Centre of the Arts is a broad-based cultural institution established in 1977 by Murray and Marvelle Koffler and based at Artscape Youngplace in the

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area of downtown

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History

Established in 1977 as part of the

Bathurst Jewish Community Centre The Prosserman Jewish Community Centre is a Jewish Community Centre for the Toronto area. It is located along Bathurst Street in the Bathurst Manor neighbourhood of Toronto. History The Bathurst Jewish Community Centre was founded in 1930 as the ...

(BJCC) in the

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area of Toronto on Bathurst Street. On July 1, 2009, the Koffler was incorporated as an independent not-for-profit charitable organization. The Koffler was home to the Jewish Book Fair (1977-2011), the Toronto Jewish Literary Festival (2012-2014) and the Koffler Chamber Orchestra (2005-2014). In 2008, the Koffler Centre of the Arts was rebranded and restructured, with a multidisciplinary program department that ran complementary to the Koffler Gallery. Unlike the Gallery, with its mandate to exhibit, interpret, and document works in the visual arts, focusing on contemporary Canadian art and programming of interest to the Jewish community, the multidisciplinary programs focused more specifically on Jewish arts and culture from Canada and internationally. The Koffler Gallery moved its programming off-site in 2009 when the original Koffler Gallery was demolished along with the BJCC. Koffler multidisciplinary programs were also programmed off-site around the GTA, with events located downtown, mid-town and the north GTA (Vaughan/Thornhill). In 2013, after five years programming off-site, the Koffler Centre of the Arts opened its administrative offices and a new Koffler Gallery at Artscape Youngplace in downtown Toronto. The Artscape Youngplace facilities showcase Koffler Gallery exhibitions, public programs, expanded school and education programs, as well as programs in partnership with Artscape Youngplace tenants and other neighbourhood organizations. Koffler multidisciplinary programs (concerts, literary events, artist residencies, theatre programs, lectures/talks and more) now take place at Artscape Youngplace, as well as various locations across the GTA. Starting in summer 2014, the Koffler no longer offers studio classes in visual art and ceramics at the Prosserman JCC on Sherman Campus (at Bathurst and Sheppard). Classes at that location are now offered under the management of the Prosserman JCC.

Leadership and Funding

From 2001 to 2014, Tiana Koffler Boyman was the Board Chair. From 2006 to 2013, Lori Starr, former Senior Vice President and Museum Director,

Skirball Cultural Center The Skirball Cultural Center, founded in 1996, is a Jewish educational institution in Los Angeles, California. The center, named after philanthropist-couple Jack H. Skirball and Audrey Skirball-Kenis, features a museum with regularly changing e ...

(2001–2006) and former Director of Public Affairs and Communications, the

J. Paul Getty Museum The J. Paul Getty Museum, commonly referred to as the Getty, is an art museum in Los Angeles, California housed on two campuses: the Getty Center and Getty Villa. The Getty Center is located in the Brentwood neighborhood of Los Angeles and fea ...

and

J. Paul Getty Trust The J. Paul Getty Trust is the world's wealthiest art institution, with an estimated endowment of US$7.7 billion in 2020. Based in Los Angeles, California, it operates the J. Paul Getty Museum, which has two locations—the Getty Center in the ...

, Los Angeles (1986–2001), was the Executive Director. In February 2013, Starr left the Koffler for the position of Executive Director of the

Contemporary Jewish Museum The Contemporary Jewish Museum (CJM) is a non-collecting museum at 736 Mission Street at Yerba Buena Lane in the South of Market (SoMa) neighborhood of San Francisco, California. The museum, which was founded in 1984, is located in the historic ...

in San Francisco. From 2014 to 2019, Cathy Jonasson was the Koffler Centre of the Arts' Executive Director. Karen Tisch was Executive Director from 2019 to 2021. The Koffler Centre of the Arts is supported and funded by the Koffler Family Foundation as well as its patrons, members, donors and corporate sponsors. The Centre receives annual support from the

Ontario Arts Council The Ontario Arts Council (OAC) is a publicly-funded Canadian organization in the province of Ontario whose purpose is to foster the creation and production of art for the benefit of all Ontarians. Based in Toronto, OAC was founded in 1963 by O ...

through the Community and Multidisciplinary Arts Organizations Program, and received funding in 2013 for renovations to its new space at Artscape Youngplace through the Ontario Trillium Foundation. CIBC Wood Gundy is the Koffler's Cultural Season Sponsor (2009–present). The Centre receives financial support from the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto, and is included on the list of the UJA Federation’s Partner Agencies, Programs & Departments. The Koffler Gallery is a public gallery supported by the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, the Ontario Arts Council and the

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. Fundraising to support the Koffler's diverse programs is achieved through several charitable events, philanthropic donations to its exhibitions and programs, and galas. Two fundraisers in 2009, ARTFUL DISH and The Wrecking Ball, were catalysts to support expansion of programs and reach new audience members and patrons. In 2010, the ballet gala ''Stars of the 21st Century'' was the Koffler's major fundraiser. In 2012, the Koffler partnered with

Luminato Luminato Festival, Toronto's International Festival of Arts and Ideas, is an annual celebration of the arts in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, launched in 2007. In its first decade, Luminato presented over 3,000 performances featuring 11,000 artists fr ...

, Toronto's Festival of Arts and Creativity, to present the opening night of Batsheva Dance Company's North American premiere performance of ''Sadeh21''. Funds raised from the evening supported the Koffler Centre of the Arts and its programs. The evening included a pre-performance dinner at a private residence for Koffler patrons, the contemporary dance performance of ''Sadeh21'' at the MacMillan Theatre,

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, and a post-event celebration at the

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. The evening also honoured Senator

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and Howard Sokolowski for their philanthropic support of the arts. In 2013, the Koffler's major fundraiser was Koffler Rocks! - a benefit evening featuring music performances by

Randy Bachman Randolph Charles Bachman (; born September 27, 1943) is a Canadian guitarist, singer, and songwriter. He was a founding member of the bands The Guess Who and Bachman–Turner Overdrive. Bachman recorded as a solo artist and was part of a num ...

The Sadies The Sadies are a Canadian rock and roll / country and western band from Toronto, Ontario. The band consists of Dallas Good, Travis Good, Sean Dean and Mike Belitsky. Dallas and Travis are the sons of Margaret and Bruce Good, and nephews of Bria ...

, and

Melanie Fiona Melanie Fiona Hallim (born July 4, 1983) is a Canadian singer and songwriter. She was born and raised in Toronto, Ontario.Wychwood Barns Artscape Wychwood Barns is a community centre and park in the Bracondale Hill area of Toronto. The converted heritage building was built as a streetcar maintenance facility in 1913. It now contains artist housing and studios, public green space ...

on May 2, 2013. On May 15, 2014, the Koffler revived its ARTFUL DISH fundraiser, featuring intimate dinners in private homes with cultural luminaries and well-known chefs. Luminaries included Ian Brown,

Johanna Schneller Johanna Schneller is an American-born Canadian film journalist and television personality, currently the host of the film talk show '' The Filmmakers'' on CBC Television. A freelance celebrity interviewer for such publications as '' Vanity Fair'', ...

, Adad Hannah,

Barbara Astman Barbara Astman RCA is a Canadian artist who specializes in a hybrid of photography and new media, often using her own body as object and subject, merging art and technology. Early life Astman was born in Rochester, New York, the second of three ...

Deepa Mehta Deepa Mehta, (; born 1 January 1950) is an Indian-born Canadian film director and screenwriter, best known for her Elements Trilogy, Fire (1996 film), ''Fire'' (1996), ''Earth (1998 film), Earth'' (1998), and ''Water (2005 film), Water'' (2005 ...

Anne Michaels Anne Michaels (born 15 April 1958) is a Canadian poet and novelist whose work has been translated and published in over 45 countries. Her books have garnered dozens of international awards including the Orange Prize, the Guardian Fiction Prize, t ...

, Bernice Eisenstein, Colin Mochrie,

Debra McGrath Debra McGrath (born July 5, 1954) is a Canadian actress and comedian. Education Debra McGrath was born in Toronto in 1954. She studied theatre at Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (now Toronto Metropolitan University). Career McGrath first sta ...

Louise Pitre Louise Pitre (born January 1, 1957) is a Canadian actress in musical theatre. She performs on Broadway and in Canada. She is best known for her role as Donna Sheridan in the ABBA-themed musical '' Mamma Mia!'', which earned her a 2002 Tony Award ...

Veronica Tennant Veronica Tennant, (born January 15, 1946) is a Canadian producer, director, and filmmaker and a former principal dancer of the National Ballet of Canada. She was born in London, England and moved to Canada with her parents and sister in 1955. Da ...

. In 2015, the Koffler's major fundraiser was Art Privé: 3 Nights in June, three intimate evenings in exclusive private settings featuring modern and contemporary art collections.

Activities and Facilities

Koffler Gallery at Artscape Youngplace, 2013

The Koffler presents exhibitions of contemporary Canadian and international art with the Koffler Gallery, and is home to the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature (formerly known as the

Canadian Jewish Book Awards The Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards were a Canadian program of literary awards, managed, produced and presented annually by the Koffler Centre of the Arts to works judged to be the year's best works of literature by Jewish Canadian ...

). It presents year-round literary events, concerts, education programs, film screenings, theatre programs, and discussions on contemporary art and culture. Rooted in the Jewish community of Toronto, the Koffler specializes in an interdisciplinary mix of programs to bring artists and the community together. In 2009, the Koffler Centre of the Arts was incorporated for charitable status in Canada.

Koffler Gallery

The Koffler Gallery was established in 1980 and initially developed a successful range of exhibitions on contemporary crafts. It shifted its mandate in 1994 to focus on contemporary Canadian art. From 1980 to 2009, the Gallery was located in its own dedicated space at the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre. In 2009, the Gallery moved its programming off-site when the Bathurst Jewish Community Centre was demolished. From 2009 to 2013, the Gallery exhibited its exhibitions and site-specific installations in various locations across the Greater Toronto area, including

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, an abandoned house, the Jack Layton Ferry Docks, city sidewalks, parking lots, construction hoarding, and other rented or borrowed spaces. In November 2013, the Gallery opened its new downtown space at Artscape Youngplace.

Koffler Centre of the Arts at Artscape Youngplace

In November 2011, the Koffler Centre of the Arts announced that it was joining the Artscape Youngplace project in Toronto's downtown art and design district. The organization signed a five-year lease with Artscape to occupy a prominent space on the main floor of the new arts and cultural centre located at 180 Shaw Street, just north of

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, in the historic Shaw Street Public School (b. 1914, closed 2000). Artscape Youngplace is a 75,000 sq. ft. centre for creative collaboration in a variety of disciplines, as well as arts, community and social mission organizations. Other owners and tenants include

Festival, Centre for Indigenous Theatre, Inter-Galactic Arts Co-op, College-Montrose Children's Place, Paperhouse Studio, Red Pepper Spectacle Arts, SKETCH, Small World Music Society, Typology Projects, The Developing Tank, and artists

, Eve Egoyan, Heather Nichol, Shabnam K. Ghazi, and Vid Ingelevics. Starting in fall 2013, Koffler Gallery exhibitions, related education and public programs, as well as Koffler Centre of the Arts' multidisciplinary programs will be based at Artscape Youngplace. Artscape Youngplace opened in November 2013. The Koffler Centre of the Arts administrative offices and the Koffler Gallery are located in a 4,600 sq. ft. space on the main floor of the building.

Programs

2018-2019

The 2018-19 season featured Books & Ideas, a series of author talks and on-stage interviews, with Indigenous authors

Joshua Whitehead Joshua Whitehead is a Canadian First Nations, two spirit poet and novelist. An Oji-Cree member of the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba,Amitava Kumar and

Shani Mootoo Shani Mootoo, writer, visual artist and video maker, was born in Dublin, Ireland, in 1957 to Trinidad and Tobago, Trinidadian parents. She grew up in Trinidad and relocated at the age of 19 to Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. She currently l ...

; and

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critic-at-large

Wesley Morris Wesley Morris (born 1975) is an American film critic and podcast host. He is currently critic-at-large for ''The New York Times'', as well as co-host, with Jenna Wortham, of the ''New York Times'' podcast '' Still Processing.'' Previously, Mor ...

and CBC’s

Amanda Parris Amanda Parris is a Canadian broadcaster and writer. An arts reporter and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she hosts the CBC Television series '' Exhibitionists'', '' The Filmmakers'' and '' From the Vaults'', and the CBC Mus ...

. The 2018 Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature were announced and presented at a ceremony at the

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. The Koffler Gallery season featured the group exhibition ''Through lines'' guest curated by Noah Bronstein and featuring artists Lise Beaudry, Scott Benesiinaabandan, Michèle Pearson Clarke, Leila Fatemi,

Maria Hupfield Maria Hupfield (born 1975) is a Canadian artist, working in Brooklyn, New York. She is an Anishinaabe, specifically an Ojibwe and a member of the Wasauksing First Nation, located in Ontario, Canada. Hupfield works in a variety of media, including ...

, Raafia Jessa, and

Nadia Myre Nadia Myre (born 1974) is a contemporary visual artist from Quebec and an Algonquin member of the Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation, who lives and works in Montreal. For over a decade, her multi-disciplinary practice has been inspired by p ...

(September 13 – November 25, 2018). ''Never Never Land'' was the first solo exhibition in Canada for

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-born Iranian-Canadian artist Ghazaleh Avarzamani (January 17 – March 17, 2019). Israeli-artist Nevet Yitzhak’s ''WarCraft'' was a Primary Exhibition of the 2019 CONTACT Photography Festival presented in partnership with

Images Festival The Images Festival is a yearly event devoted to independent and experimental film, video art, new media and media installation that takes place each spring in Toronto. History The Images festival was founded in 1987, originally conceived as ...

(April 4 – May 26, 2019). ''Peter’s Proscenium'' was

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-based painter Christian Hidaka and

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-based sculptor Raphaël Zarka’s first exhibition in Canada (June 20 – August 18, 2019).

2017-2018

The 2017-18 season included literary events and conversations featuring authors

Nicole Krauss Nicole Krauss (born August 18, 1974) is an American author best known for her four novels '' Man Walks into a Room'' (2002), ''The History of Love'' (2005), ''Great House'' (2010) and '' Forest Dark'' (2017), which have been translated into 35 l ...

Nathan Englander Nathan Englander (born 1970) is an American short story writer and novelist. His debut short story collection, ''For the Relief of Unbearable Urges,'' was published by Alfred A. Knopf, in 1999. His second collection, ''What We Talk About When We ...

, Eric Beck Rubin,

Danila Botha Danila Botha is a Canadian author and novelist. She has published two short story collections, with a third to be published in 2024 and two novels, with the second to be published in 2025. Personal life and work Botha was born in Johannesbu ...

Gwen Benaway Gwen Benaway is Canadian poet and activist. As of October 2019, She was a PhD candidate in the Women & Gender Studies Institute at the Faculty of Arts & Science at the University of Toronto. Benaway has also written non-fiction for ''The Globe ...

Katherena Vermette Katherena Vermette (born 29 January 1977) is a Canadian writer, who won the Governor General's Award for English-language poetry in 2013 for her collection ''North End Love Songs''.Man Booker International Prize The International Booker Prize (formerly known as the Man Booker International Prize) is an international literary award hosted in the United Kingdom. The introduction of the International Prize to complement the Man Booker Prize was announced ...

winning author

David Grossman David Grossman ( he, דויד גרוסמן; born January 25, 1954) is an Israeli author. His books have been translated into more than 30 languages. In 2018, he was awarded the Israel Prize for literature. Biography David Grossman was born i ...

in conversation with Michael Enright (broadcaster), and American author and public speaker

Fran Lebowitz Frances Ann Lebowitz (; born October 27, 1950) is an American author, public speaker, and occasional actor. She is known for her sardonic social commentary on American life as filtered through her New York City sensibilities and her association ...

. The second annual Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature were announced and presented at a ceremony at the Park Hyatt Toronto. The 2017-18 Koffler Gallery season featured ''Staring Back at the Sun: Video Art from Israel, 1970-2012'', an international, touring exhibition featuring 38 artists and curated by Ilana Tenenbaum, Sergio Edelsztein,

Yael Bartana Yael Bartana ( he, יעל ברתנא; born 1970) is an Israeli artist, filmmaker and photographer, whose past works have encompassed multiple mediums, including photography, film, video, sound, and installation. Many of her pieces feature polit ...

and Avi Feldman (September 14 to November 26, 2017). ''Nicole Collins: Furthest Boundless'' was a major, new mixed media installation by Toronto artist Nicole Collins (January 18 to March 18, 2018). ''Esther Shalev-Gerz'' was Paris-based artist Esther Shalev-Gerz’ first solo exhibition in

, a Primary Exhibition of the 2018 CONTACT Photography Festival (April 5 to June 3, 2018). ''José Luis Torres: Question d’adaptation'' is a site-specific, multi-roomed, maze-like sculptural installation created by Argentinian-born, Québec-based artist José Luis Torres (June 21 to August 26, 2018).

2016-2017

The inaugural Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature were announced and presented at a ceremony at the Four Seasons Hotel and Residences Toronto in September 2016. In October 2016, the Koffler Centre of the Arts – together with Why Not Theatre and Complicite Creative Learning – co-presented the Toronto premiere of the theatre/performance project ''Like Mother, Like Daughter'', featuring pairs of immigrant and newcomer mothers and daughters on stage in unscripted conversations. In May 2017, the Koffler presented the Toronto premiere of Joshua Harmon’s internationally produced play, ''

Bad Jews ''Bad Jews'' is a dark comedy play by Joshua Harmon. After a beloved grandfather dies in New York, leaving a treasured piece of religious jewelry that he succeeded in hiding even from the Nazis during the Holocaust, cousins fight over not only ...

''. Other programs included author Olive Senior in conversation with Toronto playwright Ravi Jain at the

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; ''YidLife does Kensington'', a web series by Yidlife Crisis creators Eli Battalion and

Jamie Elman Benjamin David "Jamie" Elman (born July 5, 1976) is a Canadian American actor, best known for his leading roles of Cody Miller on YTV's '' Student Bodies,'' Luke Foley in NBC's ''American Dreams,'' and himself in '' Yidlife Crisis''. Life and ca ...

, focusing on the Jewish history Toronto's eclectic

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neighbourhood; Israeli author

Etgar Keret Etgar Keret ( he, אתגר קרת, born August 20, 1967) is an Israeli writer known for his short stories, graphic novels, and scriptwriting for film and television. Personal life Keret was born in Ramat Gan, Israel in 1967. He is a third child ...

at the

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; and Koffler Salon, a series of cross-disciplinary conversations that included evenings on the 2017 Women's March on Washington, identity and dislocation, and artists as disruptors. The Koffler Gallery season included the large group exhibition ''Yonder'' featuring twenty Canadian artists from diverse cultural backgrounds whose works examine the immigrant condition (September 21 to November 27, 2016). ''No Work, Nor Device, Nor Knowledge, Nor Wisdom'' was

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painter Leopold Plotek's first survey exhibition (January 19 to March 19, 2017). ''His and Other Stories'' was a survey of Montreal-based artist/performer 2Fik's work, and was a Primary Exhibition of the 2017 CONTACT Photography Festival (April 6 to June 4, 2017).

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: ''Le rêve aux loups'' is the first Toronto solo exhibition for the

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-born artist and

sculptor Sculpture is the branch of the visual arts that operates in three dimensions. Sculpture is the three-dimensional art work which is physically presented in the dimensions of height, width and depth. It is one of the plastic arts. Durable sc ...

(June 22 – August 20, 2017).

2015-2016

In 2015-16, the Koffler Centre of the Arts presented

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-winning playwright and

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-nominated screenwriter

Tony Kushner Anthony Robert Kushner (born July 16, 1956) is an American author, playwright, and screenwriter. Lauded for his work on stage he's most known for his seminal work ''Angels in America'' which earned a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony Award. At the turn ...

in Conversation, Israeli author Assaf Gavron at the

, live readings of

Sheila McCarthy Sheila McCarthy (born January 1, 1956) is a Canadian actress and singer. She has worked in film, television, and on stage. McCarthy is one of Canada's most honoured actors, having won two Genie Awards (film), two Gemini Awards (television), an A ...

’s new play ''Hairbrained'', the Toronto premiere of season two of the web series YidLife Crisis with

and Eli Batalion, among many other literary, theatre, and public programs. In February 2016, after a one-year hiatus, the Koffler announced the Vine Awards for Canadian Jewish Literature (formerly known as the

). The new awards have five categories, each with a $10,000 prize. Fiction, Non-Fiction, History and Young Adult/Children's Literature will be awarded annually; Poetry will be awarded every three years. The Koffler launched Koffler.Digital in October 2015, "a digital arts series available 24/7 on a number of platforms, on your smartphone, tablet, or desktop, that uses the vigorous application of art, thought, and imagination on digital medias to explore the ideas that are shaping Toronto." Programs included ''The Slow Now'', a public audio walk through

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that uses Toronto poet laureate

’ iconic, award-winning novel ''

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'' as its foundation; ''Koffler X Neighbourhood''s, which pairs young photographers with professional local writers to examine diverse Toronto neighbourhoods; and ''How to Build a Fire'', an original radio play by Kat Sandler and produced by Theatre Brouhaha. The Koffler Gallery 2015-16 season featured the first solo exhibition in Canada of British-Spanish filmmaker Isabel Rocamora. ''Troubled Histories, Ecstatic Solitudes'' (September 17 to November 29, 2015) featured four film works – including the world exhibition premiere of ''Faith'' – in which Rocamora explores "demographics of identity, then deconstructs the props and processes that hold, and often hurt, them." ''A Brief History'', a solo exhibition of Toronto artist Howard Podeswa's latest series of paintings (January 27 to March 27, 2016) was hailed by

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art critic Murray Whyte as "Podeswa’s magnum opus and well worth your time." Spring exhibition Raymond Boisjoly: ''Over a distance between one and many'' (April 14 to June 12, 2016), guest curated by Sarah Robayo Sheridan, is a Primary Exhibition of the 2016 Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival.

2014-2015

The 2014-15 season included a series of literary events, including the book launch of ''The Jewish Comix Anthology: Volume 1'' (published by Alternate History Comics Inc); Koffler @ IFOA (at

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) with Shelly Oria (author of ''New York 1, Tel Aviv 0'') and

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(author of ''Far to Go'', ''Between Gods''); an afternoon with author/radio producer Jonathan Goldstein (author of ''Lenny Bruce Is Dead'' and ''Ladies and Gentlemen, The Bible!'', host of CBC Radio's

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and regular contributor to

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); and the illustrated talk ''What the %@&*! Happened to Comics?'' by

-winning artist/illustrator, comic book legend

Art Spiegelman Art Spiegelman (; born Itzhak Avraham ben Zeev Spiegelman on February 15, 1948) is an American cartoonist, editor, and comics advocate best known for his graphic novel ''Maus''. His work as co-editor on the comics magazines ''Arcade (comics maga ...

. The Koffler co-presented a number of theatre/stage programs, including a staged reading of ''Infinity'' by

Hannah Moscovitch Hannah Moscovitch (born June 5, 1978) is a Canadian playwright who rose to national prominence in the 2000s. She is best known for her plays ''East of Berlin'', ''This Is War'', "Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story", and '' Sexual Misconduct of the Mi ...

(presented together with Volcano Theatre), the North American premiere of ''Marathon'' (co-presented by the Koffler Centre for the Arts as part of Progress Festival, produced by the SummerWorks Performance Festival in partnership with The Theatre Centre), and the North American premiere of Theatre Ad Infinitum's ''Ballad of the Burning Star'' (presented together with Acting Up Stage Company and Why Not Theatre). The Koffler Gallery 2014-15 season featured the group exhibition ''PARDES'' (September 13 to November 30, 2014), with new works by sound and multi-media artists Nadav Assor, Ira Eduardovna, Amnon Wolman, Nevet Yitzhak (guest curated by Liora Belford); Kristiina Lahde: ''ULTRA-PARALLEL'' (January 22 to March 29, 2015); ''Erratics'' (April 16 to June 14, 2015) featuring installations by Toronto author Martha Baillie and artist/curator Malka Greene with Alan Resnick; and ''Architecture Parallax: Through the Looking Glass'' (July 2 to August 30, 2015), an architectural installation by Montreal-based Brazilian-Canadian artist Alexander Pilis. The Koffler announced in December 2014 that the

were being "put on hiatus for 2015 and will resume, invigorated and reinvented, in 2016" as the Koffler recalibrates and revamps several of its current programs.

2013-2014

The 2013-14 season of multidisciplinary programs opened with Koffler @ Uma Nota Community Cultural Fair, featuring the Canadian debut of Brazilian master acoustic guitarist Rick Udler and Toronto four piece band, Tio Chorinho at Lula Lounge on October 20, 2013. For the third consecutive year, the Koffler returned to

with Koffler @ IFOA on October 27, 2013 featuring Israeli first-time novelist

Shani Boianjiu Shani Boianjiu ( he, שני בוינג'ו; born 30 May 1987) is an Israeli author. Her debut novel, '' The People of Forever Are Not Afraid'', was released in 2012, and has been published in 23 countries. In 2011 the National Book Foundation name ...

. In partnership with the Miles Nadal JCC, the Koffler screened Argentinian films ''Tango, A Story with Jews'' / ''Tango, una historia con judíos'' and ''Rio Klezmer'' in December. KidLit! The Jewish Literary Festival for Children took place at the Prosserman JCC in February 2014. In March 2014, the Koffler presents ''Benedictus'', by Israeli playwright and screenwriter

Motti Lerner Motti Lerner (born September 16, 1949) is an Israeli playwright and screenwriter. Early life He was born in Zikhron Ya'akov, a village south of Haifa, in Israel. His great-grandparents immigrated to Palestine in 1882 from Romania and Russia, ...

, a play reading by Toronto's Volcano Theatre. The Koffler Chamber Orchestra's 2013-14 final season, led by former

Toronto Symphony Orchestra The Toronto Symphony Orchestra (TSO) is a Canadian orchestra based in Toronto, Ontario. Founded in 1906, the TSO gave regular concerts at Massey Hall until 1982, and since then has performed at Roy Thomson Hall. The TSO also manages the Toronto ...

concertmaster

Jacques Israelievitch Jacques Israelievitch, CM (May 6, 1948 – September 5, 2015) was a French violinist, and one of Canada's foremost chamber musicians. Born in Cannes, France, at 11 years old he was the youngest graduate in the history of the Le Mans Conservatory. ...

, included ''Music She Wrote, A Tribute to Canadian Woman Composers'' featuring guest pianist

Christina Petrowska-Quilico Christina Petrowska Quilico (born December 30, 1948) is a Canadian pianist. She is a professor emerita, senior scholar at York University in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She was appointed to the Order of Canada in 2020 “For her celebrated career ...

in November 2013, and ''From Europe to Israel'' featuring the music of Julius Chajes,

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, and

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in March 2014. The final Toronto Jewish Literary Festival was presented from May 25 to June 1, 2014 at various venues around the GTA. The 26th annual Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards were awarded at a ceremony on May 27, 2014 at the Toronto Reference Library. The Koffler Gallery opened its 2013-14 season with the inaugural exhibition ''We’re in the Library'' (November 19, 2013 to January 19, 2014) in its new downtown Toronto space at Artscape Youngplace. Toronto artists Sara Angelucci,

, Adam David Brown, Michelle Gay, Ido Govrin, Vid Ingelevics and Jon Sasaki created new works engaging the context and history of the new space, formerly the library of the Shaw Street Public School. ''Moving to Stand Still'' followed, featuring internationally acclaimed Israeli artist

Sigalit Landau Sigalit Ethel Landau ( he, סיגלית לנדאו; born 1969) is an Israeli sculptor, video and installation artist. Biography Sigalit Ethel Landau was born in 1969 in Jerusalem. She spent several years in the US and the UK. Between 1990 and 1 ...

(February 6 to April 6, 2014), who represented

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at the 2011

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. Part of a significant international tour with presentations in

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and

, the exhibition brought a selection of Landau's major video works to

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for the first time. Solo exhibitions by

-based artist Adad Hannah (April 24 to June 8, 2014), and Toronto-based artist Penelope Stewart (June 26 to August 31, 2014) round out the 2013-14 season.

2012-2013

The 2012-13 season opened on September 3, 2012 with a performance by the Mexican klezmer band Klezmerson at the 2012 Ashkenaz Festival at Harbourfront Centre. On September 6, 2012, the Koffler presented a talk by author Roy Doliner at the Columbus Centre. Doliner, co-author of the international bestselling book ''The Sistine Secrets'', spoke on hidden Jewish messages concealed in the

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. In association with the exhibition ''Summer Special'' and together with
Suburban Beast
a Toronto-based multimedia theatre company, the Koffler presented ''Honesty'' from October 18 to November 4 within Honest Ed's store. A performance intervention written and directed by

Jordan Tannahill Jordan Tannahill is a Canadian author, playwright, filmmaker, and theatre director. His novels and plays have been translated into twelve languages, and honoured with a number of prizes including two Governor General's Literary Awards.

and starring Virgilia Griffith, ''Honesty'' was presented in two acts: in the first act, 'Honest Work', Griffith moved through the store, quietly performing the real life duties of Honest Ed's employees. Visitors were encouraged to find Griffith in the store and engage with her, but she otherwise quietly went about performing her job as a real employee would. In the second act, 'Honest Stories', Griffith performed seven different monologues in seven different locations around the store, leading the audience on a performance promenade. The monologues were based on interviews with real Honest Ed's employees – and Griffith shape-shifted between voices, transcending age, gender, and race. NOW Magazine's theatre critic Jon Kaplan raved about the performance, calling it "a truly heartfelt experience" and giving it 4 out 5 stars (NNNN). In June 2013, Virgilia Griffith was nominated for a 2013

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for Outstanding Performance – Female (Independent Theatre Division) for ''Honesty''. The Koffler returned to the International Festival of Authors (IFOA) with Koffler @ the IFOA on October 28, 2012 featuring British author

Howard Jacobson Howard Eric Jacobson (born 25 August 1942) is a British novelist and journalist. He is known for writing comic novels that often revolve around the dilemmas of British Jewish characters.Ragi, K. R., "Howard Jacobson's ''The Finkler Question'' a ...

, author of the 2010

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-winning ''

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'', and ''Zoo Time'' (2012). Finkler was in conversation with Dan Friedman, the Managing Editor of New York's ''The Jewish Daily Forward''. On November 1, 2012, the Koffler together with Size Doesn’t Matter and Sternthal Books presented Tamar Tal's award-winning Israeli documentary ''Life in Stills'' at the Bloor Hot Docs Cinema on November 1, 2012. The film screening was followed by a Q & A with the film's Ben Peter. The Koffler Chamber Orchestra opened its 2012-13 season with ''Musical Crossroads'' on Sunday December 2, 212 at Temple Emanu-El. The final performance of the Orchestra's season, ''Fuguing Around'', was on March 10, 2013 at the Gladstone Hotel. From February 17 to March 1, 2013, the Koffler Centre of the Arts and Ashkenaz Foundation presented the Canadian premiere and artist residency of internationally acclaimed

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-based musician, artist and educator Simja Dujov. Dujov's two-week artistic residency included educational activities with youth, including master classes with music students at TanenbaumCHAT and a two-week workshop with SKETCH, an organization focused on bringing cultural opportunities to homeless and underprivileged youth in Toronto. The annual Toronto Jewish Literary Festival (formerly known as the Toronto Jewish Book Fair/Festival) was presented from June 1 to 9, 2013. The "re-envisioned" Festival focused on literary programs geared towards diverse audiences in different locations and in partnership with other Jewish organizations across the City of Toronto and in Vaughan. Participating authors included

Fania Oz-Salzberger Fania Oz-Salzberger ( he, פניה עוז-זלצברגר; born 28 October 1960) is an Israeli historian and writer, Professor Emerita of history at the University of Haifa School of Law and the Haifa Center for German and European Studies (HCGE ...

, David Layton,

Irving Abella Irving Martin Abella (July 2, 1940 – July 3, 2022) was a Canadian historian who served as a professor at York University from 1968 to 2013. He specialized in the history of the Jews in Canada and the Canadian labour movement. Early life Abe ...

, Frieda Forman, Bill Gladstone,

Pierre Anctil Pierre Anctil is a Canadian historian. He is specialist of the Jewish community of Montreal, of Yiddish literature and of the poetic work of Jacob-Isaac Segal. He also published on the history of immigration to Canada. He translated a dozen Yidd ...

, Benjamin Hackman, Ronna Bloom, Jacob Scheier, Dr. Nora Gold, Martin Levin,

Cary Fagan Cary Fagan (born 1957) is a Canadian writer of novels, short stories, and children's books. His novel, ''The Student,'' was a finalist for the Toronto Book Award and the Governor General's Literary Award. Previously a short-story collection, ''My ...

, and Beverley Slopen. Festival events were held at the Miles Nadal JCC, Beth David Synagogue, Ben McNally Books, the

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, and the Schwartz/Reisman Centre. Partnering organizations included the Miles Nadal JCC, Committee for Yiddish, Friends of Yiddish, Toronto Workmen's Circle, ShaRna Foundation, Canada-Israel Cultural Foundation, Ontario Jewish Archives, Jewish Fiction.net, Leo Baeck Day School, Schwartz/Reisman Centre, and PJ Library. The 25th annual Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards were awarded at a ceremony on June 6, 2013 at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the Toronto Reference Library. Hosted by former President & Publisher of

Penguin Books Penguin Books is a British publishing, publishing house. It was co-founded in 1935 by Allen Lane with his brothers Richard and John, as a line of the publishers The Bodley Head, only becoming a separate company the following year.Nancy Richler Nancy Richler (May 16, 1957 – January 18, 2018) was a Canadian novelist. Her novels won two international awards and were shortlisted for three others; Richler was also shortlisted for the Canadian Booksellers Association Author of the Year awa ...

for ''The Imposter Bride'' (Harper Collins); Matti Friedman for ''The Aleppo Codex: A True Story of Obsession, Faith, and the Pursuit of an Ancient Bible'' (Algonquin Books); Julija Šukys for ''Epistolophilia: Writing the Life of Ona Simaite'' (University of Nebraska Press); Isa Milman for ''Something Small To Carry Home'' (Quattro Books); L. Ruth Klein for ''Nazi Germany, Canadian Responses: Confronting Antisemitism in the Shadow of War'' (McGill-Queen's University Press);

for ''Jacob-Isaac Segal 1869-1954, Un poète yiddish de Montréal et son milieu'' (Presses de l'Universite Laval); and Sharon E. McKay for ''Enemy Territory'' (Annick Press). The Koffler Gallery began its final season of Off-Site programming in 2012-13. ''Local Colour Info Centre'' at Miracle Thieves (October 4 to November 11, 2012) was a solo exhibition featuring the work of Toronto artist Erica Brisson. Inspired by tourism information centres as well as the process of public consultation, Brisson set up a social space where passersby could share their personal interpretations of the city's intentional or informal landmarks. Saskatchewan-based sculptor Clint Neufeld's solo exhibition ''Pipe Dreams of Madame Récamier'', off-site at General Hardware Contemporary, ran from January 10 to March 3, 2013. Off-site exhibitions by Toronto's Corwyn Lund and

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’s Iara Freiberg followed in 2013. In fall 2013, the Koffler Gallery opened its 2013-2014 season of exhibitions in its new home at Artscape Youngplace in downtown Toronto.

2011-2012

The Koffler Centre of the Arts presented Koffler @ the IFOA, a day of Russian-Jewish themed literary programs at

on October 23, 2011. The day featured discussions on Soviet Jewry with authors Gal Beckerman (''When They Come for Us We'll Be Gone''),

David Bezmozgis David Bezmozgis ( lv, Dāvids Bezmozgis; born 1973) is a Canadian writer and filmmaker, currently the head of Humber College's School for Writers. Life and career Educational background Born in Riga, Latvia, he came to Canada with his family ...

(''The Free World''),

Gary Shteyngart Gary Shteyngart (; born July 5, 1972) is a Soviet-born American writer. He is the author of five novels (including ''Absurdistan'' and ''Super Sad True Love Story'') and a memoir. Much of his work is satirical. Early life Born Igor Semyonovich ...

(''

Super Sad True Love Story ''Super Sad True Love Story'' is the third novel by American writer Gary Shteyngart. The novel takes place in a near-future Dystopian novel, dystopian New York where life is dominated by media and retail. Plot summary The son of a Russian Americ ...

'') and

Irwin Cotler Irwin Cotler, PC, OC, OQ (born May 8, 1940) is a retired Canadian politician who was Member of Parliament for Mount Royal from 1999 to 2015. He served as the Minister of Justice and Attorney General of Canada from 2003 until the Liberal gov ...

, Canadian Member of Parliament (Mount Royal) and international human rights attorney. Award-winning Israeli novelist

Michal Govrin Michal Govrin ( he, מיכל גוברין; November 24, 1950) is an Israeli author, poet and theater director. Biography Michal Govrin was born and raised in Tel Aviv to a father who was part of the Third Aliyah and one of the founders of kibbu ...

and translator

Peter Filkins Peter Filkins is an American poet and literary translator. Filkins graduated from Williams College with a Bachelor of Arts and from Columbia University with a Master of Fine Arts degree. His poetry collections include the forthcoming ''Water / Musi ...

also spoke on the subject of translation. The Koffler Centre of the Arts was invited by the

Art Gallery of Ontario The Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO; french: Musée des beaux-arts de l'Ontario) is an art museum in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The museum is located in the Grange Park neighbourhood of downtown Toronto, on Dundas Street West between McCaul and Beve ...

to create a range of interpretive programs around the AGO's 2011 exhibition, ''

Chagall Marc Chagall; russian: link=no, Марк Заха́рович Шага́л ; be, Марк Захаравіч Шагал . (born Moishe Shagal; 28 March 1985) was a Russian-French artist. An early modernism, modernist, he was associated with se ...

and the Russian Avant-Garde: Masterpieces from the Collection of the Centre Pompidou, Paris''. The first was ''Chagall’s Musical World'', a two-hour free concert by the Koffler Chamber Orchestra in Walker Court at the AGO on November 20, 2011. Led by violinist and former Toronto Symphony Orchestra concertmaster

, the Orchestra's performance featured pianist Andrew Burashko and Beyond the Pale's klezmer clarinetist Martin van de Ven. The Koffler Chamber Orchestra performed ''Music Off the Map'', its second and final concert of the season on March 18, 2012 at Toronto's Gladstone Hotel. Also in association with the AGO's Chagall exhibition, the Koffler presented ''Past Present: Chagall Through Toronto’s Artists'' on December 14, 2011 at the Weston Learning Centre, Art Gallery of Ontario. The evening of music, dance, performance and spoken word included the eight-piece jazz fusion ensemble The Thing Is, selections of contemporary choreography from Kaeja d’Dance, accordionist Sasha Luminsky with Jonno Lightstone, and the debut of an excerpt from ''Bella: The Colour of Love'', performed by Yiddish jazz performer Theresa Tova together with Montreal pianist Matt Herskowitz. In March 2012, the Koffler produced and presented ''Honeycomb Way'', an artistic residency and concert featuring Jewish musical traditions from the

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and

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. The two-week residency was led by Iraqi-Jewish violinist and oud player

Yair Dalal Yair Dalal ( he, יאיר דלאל; born 25 July 1955) is an Israeli musician of Iraqi-Jewish descent. His main instruments are the oud and the violin, and he also sings as accompaniment. He composes his own music and draws on Arab and Jewish tr ...

and American trumpetist

Frank London Frank London (born 1958 in New York) is an American klezmer trumpeter who also plays jazz and world music. Early life London was born to a Reform Jewish family and grew up in New York and Connecticut. He started playing the trumpet in fourt ...

from the

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-winning

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, and included the composition of new music with Toronto musicians Waleed Abdulhamid,

Jaffa Road Jaffa Road ( he, רחוב יפו, Rehov Yaffo; ar, شارع يافا) is one of the longest and oldest major streets in Jerusalem. It crosses the city from east to west, from the Old City walls to downtown Jerusalem, the western portal of Jer ...

's Aviva Chernick, Samba Squad's Rick Shadrach Lazar, Lenka Lichtenberg, Demetrios Petsalakis, Debashis Sinha, and

Maryem Tollar Maryem Tollar (born 1968 in Cairo, Egypt) is a Toronto-based singer who primarily sings Arabic songs. She played with her own band called Mernie!. Born in Cairo, Maryem went to Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada with her parents when she was one yea ...

. The event culminated in a performance at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts on March 28, 2012. Dalal and London also taught a master class and visited several Toronto-area schools. The 34th annual Toronto Jewish Book Festival (formerly known as the Toronto Jewish Book Fair) opened in June 2012 at the Bram and Bluma Appel Salon at the

. The Festival featured over 35 international and Canadian authors, panels, book launches, musical events, films, slideshows, student programs, and books for sale over a 4-day period. Opening night featured American author

Shalom Auslander Shalom Auslander (born 1970) is a prominent American novelist, memoirist, and essayist. He grew up in a strict, Orthodox neighborhood in Monsey, New York, where he describes himself as having been "raised like a veal", a reference to his strict re ...

('' Foreskin's Lament: A Memoir'', ''Hope: A Tragedy''); other talks/readings included Michele Landsberg (''Writing the Revolution''), Steven Gimbel (''Einstein’s Jewish Science''),

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founder

Bernie Finkelstein Bernard Finkelstein (born August 12, 1944 in Toronto) is a Canadian music executive and talent manager.McPherson, David, "Bernie Finkelstein's Golden Mountain", ''Words and Music'', Fall 2012 Finkelstein began his career in music as the manager ...

(''True North: A Life Inside the Music Business''), Carol Bishop-Gwyn and Fraidie Martz (''A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch'' - also short-listed for the

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), David Berlin (''The Moral Lives of Israelis – Reinventing the Dream State''), Richard Brody (''The Patagonian Hare: A Memoir'') and Lilian Nattel (''Web of Angels''). The Festival also featured a special spotlight on the Azrieli Foundation films ''Holocaust Survivor Memoirs'', and a series of daytime children and school programs featuring Karen Levine on the 10th anniversary of the international bestselling ''Hana’s Suitcase'', and authors Aubrey Davis, Anne Dublin, and Lesley Simpson. The Toronto Jewish Book Festival culminated in the 24th annual Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards on June 7, 2012. Hosted by broadcaster and host of

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One's ''The Sunday Edition'' Michael Enright, the 2012 award winners included

for ''The Free World'' (HarperCollins Publishers Ltd.),

Denis Vaugeois Denis Vaugeois (born September 7, 1935) is a French-speaking author, publisher and historian from Quebec, Canada. He also served as a Member of the National Assembly (MNA) from 1976 to 1985. Biography He was born in Saint-Tite, a small town ...

for ''Les Premiers Juifs D’Amérique 1760-1860: L’extraordinaire histoire de la famille Hart'' (Septentrion), Eli Pfefferkorn for ''The Muselmann at the Water Cooler'' (Academic Studies Press), Richard Marceau for ''Juif, Une Histoire Québécoise'' (Éditions Du Marais), S. Weilbach for ''Singing from the Darktime: A Childhood Memoir in Poetry and Prose'' (McGill- Queen's University Press), Kalman Weiser for ''Jewish People, Yiddish Nation: Noah Prylucki and the Folkists in Poland'' (University of Toronto Press), Rebecca Margolis for ''Jewish Roots, Canadian Soil: Yiddish Culture in Montreal, 1905-1945'' (McGill-Queen's University Press), Fraidie Martz and Andrew Wilson for ''A Fiery Soul: The Life and Theatrical Times of John Hirsch'' (Véhicule Press), and Lesley Simpson for ''Yuvi’s Candy Tree'' (Kar-Ben Publishing). Continuing with its Off-Site program, the Koffler Gallery presented four exhibitions in 2011-12. ''Spin Off: Contemporary Art Circling the Mandala'', at 80 Spadina Ave. (September 22 to December 4, 2011) featured Aya Ben Ron (Israel),

Mircea Cantor Mircea Cantor (born 1977) is a Romanian-born artist who follows in the tradition of France, French artist Marcel Duchamp in that he employs Found art, readymade objects.Demos, T.J. "Mircea Cantor: The Title is the Last Thing". Philadelphia: Ha ...

(France/Romania), Vandana Jain (USA), Gary James Joynes/Clinker (Canada), Melissa Shiff (Canada) and Jennifer Zackin (USA) and was guest curated by Evelyn Tauben. ''Museum of the Represented City'', the first a solo exhibition at a public gallery by Toronto artist Flavio Trevisan was also off-site at 80 Spadina (January 19 to April 8, 2012). The exhibition featured three-dimensional maps representing Toronto neighborhoods and cityscapes and received press coverage with reviews the National Post, blogTO, and Torontoist,. The Koffler Gallery presented the first Canadian survey of the works of internationally acclaimed Israeli photographer

Adi Nes Adi Nes ( he, עדי נס; born 1966) is an Israeli photographer. Education * 1989-1992 Bezalel Academy of Arts and Design, Jerusalem, photography Life and career Adi Nes was born in Kiryat Gat. His parents are Jewish immigrants from Iran. He ...

, off-site at Olga Korper Gallery (May 3 to June 2, 2012). A Featured Exhibition in the 201
Scotiabank CONTACT Photography Festival
it included Nes’ most prominent photographs from the ''Soldiers'' (1994-2000), ''Boys'' (2000) and ''Biblical Stories'' (2003-2006) series, including ''Untitled (The Last Supper)'' (1999). The exhibition received significant press coverage, including reviews in The Globe and Mail, National Post, Canadian Art, NOW Magazine, Toronto Standard, and

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,. The Koffler Gallery closed its 2011-12 season the group exhibition ''Summer Special'', off-site at

store in Toronto (June 21 to November 11, 2012). Taking inspiration from the signs and show bills of Toronto's landmark discount store, the exhibition included site-specific installations both inside and outside the store by Toronto artists Corinne Carlson, Robin Collyer, Barr Gilmore, Jen Hutton, Sarah Lazarovic and Vancouver-based

Ron Terada Ron Terada (born 1969) is a Vancouver-based artist working in various media, including painting, photography, video, sound, books, and graphic design."Ron Terada: Being There," Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA), Chicago, accessed June 3, 2011, http ...

. Press coverage included the

, NOW Magazine, Canadian Art,

The Jewish Daily Forward ''The Forward'' ( yi, פֿאָרווערטס, Forverts), formerly known as ''The Jewish Daily Forward'', is an American news media organization for a Jewish American audience. Founded in 1897 as a Yiddish-language daily socialist newspaper, '' ...

, and blogTO,. In association with the exhibition and the

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, the Koffler presented a free concert in Honest Ed's alley with the Toronto band The Pining on July 12, 2012.

2010-2011

In 2010-11, the Koffler presented the 34th Annual Toronto Jewish Book Fair, from October 23 to 31, 2010 at Beth David B'nai Israel Beth Am Synagogue. Award-winning Israeli author and peace activist

opened the Fair and spoke on his new novel, ''

To the End of the Land ''To the End of the Land'' (original Hebrew title "Isha Borachat Mi’bsora" – "A Woman Flees a Message") is a 2008 novel by Israeli writer David Grossman depicting the emotional strains that family members of soldiers experience when their ...

''.

Tarek Fatah Tarek Fatah ( Punjabi/Urdu: ; born 20 November 1949) is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author.Muslim Canadian Congress The Muslim Canadian Congress (french: Congrès musulman canadien) was organized to provide a voice to Muslims who support a "progressive, liberal, pluralistic, democratic, and secular society where everyone has the freedom of religion." Origins ...

closed the Fair with his 2010 book, ''The Jew is not my Enemy: Unveiling the Myths that Fuel Muslim Anti-Semitism''. Other featured authors included

Anna Porter Anna Maria Porter, is a Canadian publisher and novelist. Life and career Born Anna Szigethy in Budapest, she emigrated to New Zealand in 1956. She received a bachelor's degree and Master of Arts degree from the University of Canterbury. She star ...

(''The Ghosts of Europe''),

George Gilder George Franklin Gilder (; born November 29, 1939) is an American investor, author, economist, and co-founder of the Discovery Institute. His 1981 book, '' Wealth and Poverty'', advanced a case for supply-side economics and capitalism during the e ...

(''The Israel Test''),

Harold Troper Harold (Hesh) Troper (born January 1, 1942) is a Canadian writer, historian and academic. He specializes in Jewish Canadian history. Together with Irving Abella, he authored '' None Is Too Many'', the story of the Canadian government's refusal to ...

(''The Defining Decade''), David Brody (''Mourning and Celebration – Jewish, Orthodox and Gay Past and Present''), Lynda Fishman (''Repairing Rainbows: A True Story of Family''),

Gregory Levey Gregory Levey (born c. 1978) is a Canadian writer and entrepreneur. He is Associate Professor of professional communication at Toronto Metropolitan University, co-founder of the software company Figure 1, a journalist and an author. Career Leve ...

(''How to Make Peace in the Middle East in Six Months or Less Without Leaving Your Apartment''),

Kate Taylor (novelist) Katherine Mary Taylor (born 1962) is a French-born Canadian critic and novelist, a cultural journalist at ''The Globe and Mail'' newspaper. She is author of three novels, ''Mme Proust and the Kosher Kitchen,'' ''A Man in Uniform'' and ''Serial Mon ...

(''A Man in Uniform''), Judie Oron (''Cry of the Giraffe''),

Savyon Liebrecht Savyon Liebrecht (Hebrew: סביון ליברכט; born 13 January 1948) is an Israel author. She was born in Munich, Germany, to Polish Holocaust survivors as Sabine Sosnowski, the eldest of three children. She emigrated to Israel in 1950. Liebr ...

(''The Women My Father Knew''), and

Joseph Kertes Joseph Kertes (born 1951) is a writer who escaped from Hungary with his family to Canada after the revolution of 1956. He studied English at York University and the University of Toronto, where he was encouraged in his writing by Irving Layton a ...

(''Gratitude''). On October 19, 2010, the Koffler presented the Toronto premiere performance of Israeli jazz composer and bassist Avishai Cohen at the Isabel Bader Theatre, U of T. In November 2010, the ''One World, Double Take series'' continued with a panel discussion on boundary-crossing artistic expression presented together with the Centre for Diaspora and Transnational Studies, U of T. The panel featured artist and curator Millie Chen, First Nations artist Arthur Renwick, actor Marika Schwandt, and David Shneer. Shneer, professor at the

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and editor of the books ''Queer Jews'' and ''Torah Queeries'', was the Koffler's scholar-in-residence in fall 2010, and gave talks on the Russian Jewish Diaspora and his original research into the Soviet Jewish photographers between the World Wars. The Koffler Chamber Orchestra, led by former

concertmaster

, performed three concerts: Music That Survived on November 7, 2010 at Temple Emanu-El; English Gems for Strings on Sunday, February 13, 2011 at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts, Kitchener; and Back to Bach, Viva Vivaldi on April 10, 2011 at the

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. On May 4, 2011 the Koffler presented Texas-based singer, performer, author, and political activist

Kinky Friedman Richard Samet "Kinky" Friedman (born November 1, 1944) is an American singer, songwriter, novelist, humorist, politician, and former columnist for ''Texas Monthly'' who styles himself in the mold of popular American satirists Will Rogers and ...

at the St. Lawrence Centre for the Arts. The 23rd annual Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards were held on May 30, 2010 at the Bram & Bluma Appel Salon at the

. The 2011 winners included

, ''Far to Go'' ( House of Anansi Press),

Tarek Fatah Tarek Fatah ( Punjabi/Urdu: ; born 20 November 1949) is a Pakistani-Canadian journalist and author.McClelland & Stewart McClelland & Stewart Limited is a Canadian publishing company. It is owned by Penguin Random House of Canada, a branch of Penguin Random House, the international book publishing division of German media giant Bertelsmann. History It was founded ...

), Robert Eli Rubinstein, ''An Italian Renaissance: Choosing Life In Canada'' ( Urim Publications),

Charles Foran Charles William Foran (born August 2 1960) is a Canadian writer in Toronto, Ontario. Life and career Foran was born in August 1960 in Toronto, Ontario to a Franco-Ontarian mother and a father from an Ottawa Irish family. He attended Catholic ...

, ''Mordecai: The Life and Times'' (

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Canada),

, ''The Defining Decade: Identity, Politics, and the Canadian Jewish Community in the 1960s'' (

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) and Judie Oron, ''Cry of the Giraffe'' (

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). The awards ceremony was hosted by award-winning and bestselling author

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(Romania) and was presented in conjunction with Printopolis: International Symposium on Printmaking. From February 17 to April 17, 2011, the Koffler Gallery presented ''Graphic Details: Confessional Comics by Jewish Women'' off-site at the

and curated by Michael Kaminer and Sarah Lightman. The touring group exhibition featured original drawings, autobiographical comics and graphic novels from eighteen Canadian and international Jewish women artists, including Vanessa Davis, Bernice Eisenstein, Sarah Glidden,

Miriam Katin Miriam Katin (born 1942) is a Hungarian-born American graphic novelist and graphic artist. She worked in animation from 1981 to 2000 in Israel and the United States. She has written two autobiographical graphic novels, ''We Are on Our Own'' (2006 ...

Aline Kominsky-Crumb Aline Kominsky-Crumb (née Goldsmith; August 1, 1948 – November 29, 2022) was an American underground comics artist. Kominsky-Crumb's work, which is almost exclusively autobiographical, is known for its unvarnished, confessional nature. In 20 ...

, Miss Lasko-Gross, Sarah Lazarovic, Miriam Libicki, Sarah Lightman,

Diane Noomin Diane Robin Noomin ( Rosenblatt, May 13, 1947 – September 1, 2022) was an American comics artist associated with the underground comics movement. She is best known for her character DiDi Glitz, who addresses transgressive social issues such as ...

, Corinne Pearlman,

Trina Robbins Trina Robbins (born Trina Perlson; August 17, 1938, in Brooklyn, New York) is an American cartoonist. She was an early participant in the underground comix movement, and one of the first female artists in that movement. In the 1980s, Robbins beca ...

, Racheli Rotner,

Sharon Rudahl Sharon Rudahl (born 1947) is an American comic artist, illustrator and writer. She was one of the first female artists who contributed to the underground comix movement of the early 1970's. In 1972, she was part of the women's collective that fou ...

, Laurie Sandell,

Ariel Schrag Ariel Schrag (born December 29, 1979) is an American cartoonist and television writer who achieved critical recognition at an early age for her autobiographical comics. Her novel ''Adam'' provoked controversy with its theme of a heterosexual tee ...

Lauren Weinstein (comics) Lauren Weinstein (born 1975) is an American comic book artist and illustrator. Her first comics appeared as syndicated strips in the '' Seattle Stranger'' and Gurl.com, a website aimed at teenagers. Weinstein was one of a number of artists who ...

, and Ilana Zeffren. Stephen Cruise: ''Share the Moment'', from May 5 to August 28, 2011, was a sculptural installation in the Sheppard Plaza, at Bathurst and Sheppard Streets, Toronto. The artist transformed the vacant Kodak

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drive-through photo processing booth in the parking lot, rear-projecting images of photographs collected from the North York community. The installation was a feature exhibition of the 2011 Scotiabank CONTACT photography festival. The final Koffler Gallery exhibition of the 2010-11 season was ''Lyla Rye: Swing Stage''. A site-specific installation off-site at Olga Korper Gallery, ''Swing Stage'' was a large wooden platform suspended with chains from the building's structural trusses supporting the roof. A circular screen displayed a video projection referencing the view out of the round window atop the eastern gallery wall. The video spanned a 1930s rendering of the building, footage recorded on site, and a

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model view of the neighbourhood. The exhibition received press coverage in the

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, on

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's website, Akimblog and Azure magazine's blog.

2009-2010

In 2009-10, the Koffler Centre of the Arts presented the second year of off-site programming around the greater Toronto area, the first year of arts education in the new Prosserman JCC facilities, and programs in the new spaces on Sherman Campus, including the book review series ''Treasures in Jewish Literature'' and the screening of the Israeli mini-series ''A Touch Away''. The ''crEATivity club'', presented together with the Prosserman JCC, was held the last Wednesday of every month and featured interactive cultural programming during the day. The 33rd annual Toronto Jewish Book Fair was held from October 24 to November 1, 2009 in the renovated Lipa Green Centre for Community Jewish Services. Over twenty-five authors were featured, including Noah Alper (''Business Mensch: Timeless Wisdom for Today’s Entrepreneur''),

Michael Wex Michael Wex (born September 12, 1954) is a Canadian novelist, playwright, translator, lecturer, performer, and author of books on language and literature.David G. Roskies (''Yiddishlands''), Fred Kaufman (''Searching for Justice''),

David Sax David Sax (born 1979) is a Canadian journalist. Born in Toronto, Ontario, Sax has written for publications such as ''New York Magazine'', ''Vanity Fair'', ''Bloomberg Business Week'', ''The New York Times'', ''Saveur'', NPR, '' GQ'' and ''Toronto L ...

(''Save the Deli''), Lily Poritz Miller (''In a Pale Blue Light''),

Nava Semel Nava Semel ( he, נאוה סמל; September 15, 1954 – December 2, 2017) was an Israeli author, playwright, screenwriter and translator. Her short story collection ''Kova Zekhukhit '' (''Hat of Glass'') was the first work of fiction published in ...

(''And the Rat Laughed''), Marc H. Stevens (''Escape, Evasion and Revenge''), Rabbi Erwin Schild (''And Miles to Go Before I Sleep: Six Walks With a Day of Rest''), Rosanne Bernard (''Knittishisms: The Zen of Jewish Knitting''), Kathy Kacer and Sharon McKay (''Whispers from the Camps''), Lauren Kirshner (''Where We Have to Go''),

(''Valentine's Fall''), Sidura Ludwig (''Holding My Breath''), Adam Sol (''Jeremiah, Ohio''), Aviva Allen (''The Organic Kosher Cookbook''), Karen Fisman (''Adventure in Latkaland''), and Kathy Clark (''Guardian Angel House''). On November 8, 2009, the Koffler presented Israeli musician

Kobi Oz Kobi Oz ( he, קובי אוז, , born Ya'akov Uzan ( he, יעקב אוזן, ) on 17 September 1969) is the lead singer of Israeli group Teapacks. Biography Yaakov Uzan was born on 17 September 1969 in Sderot to Tunisian Jewish parents who moved t ...

at the

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in Toronto. Oz, lead singer of the Israeli band

Teapacks Teapacks (also known as Tipex) ( he, טיפקס) is an Israeli band that formed in 1988 as HaHotzaa La'Poal (Hebrew: , ''The Execution'') in the southern Israeli city of Sderot. Originally the band was named after the correction fluid Tipp-Ex, ...

, performed ''Psalms for the Perplexed'' for the first time outside of Israel. On November 18, 2009, the Koffler presented the Toronto premiere of British-born Israeli

Robbie Gringras ''Robbie Gringras'' is a British-born Israeli writer, performer, and educator. Robbie is a motivational speaker who performs internationally as far as Australia, Germany, Hong Kong, USA, and Israel. His shows revolve around the theme of complexity ...

’ one-man play, ''About the Oranges'', "a short play about suicide bombs" in which Gringras "stripped the Middle East conflict down to its essentials: pain and comedy." The following night at the Miles Nadal JCC, Gringras moderated the discussion ''Staging Struggle'', as part of ''One World, Double Take'' series. A panel consisting of

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( Obsidian Theatre Company, Toronto), Majdi Bou-Matar (the MT Space - Multicultural Theatre, Kitchener), Jennifer Herszman Capraru (Theatre Asylum, Toronto and ISôKo, Rwanda), and David Yee (fu-GEN Theatre Company, Toronto) examined theatre as a force for social change. On January 27, 2010, the Koffler presented the first ''Musical Melding'' series performance, featuring Toronto-based Juno-nominated world music group Jaffa Road together with Guelph-based Eccodek, at Lula Lounge. On April 25, 2010 the second ''Musical Melding'' performance took place at

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and featured Jaffa Road performing together with Iraqi-Jewish musician

. While in Toronto, Dalal played at elementary and secondary schools and taught master classes on Iraqi and Jewish-Arabic music. In March 2010, the Koffler presented ''Cine-Seder Roundtable'' at Victoria College,

, together with the Centre for Jewish Studies. A panel of U of T professors discussed Toronto-artist Melissa Shiff's video sculpture ''Cine-Seder Plate'', installed for that night. The Koffler Chamber Orchestra, led by former

concertmaster

, performed three concerts: ''Mendelssohn and More'' on November 22, 2009 at Temple Emanu-El, Toronto; ''From Sweden to Italy with Stops in Jerusalem and Prague'' on February 28, 2010 at Shaar Shalom Synagogue, Thornhill; and ''An Italian Music Holiday'' on May 2, 2010 at the Conrad Centre for the Performing Arts in

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. The 22nd annual Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards were held on May 27, 2010 at the Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC. The 2010 winners included Robin McGrath, ''The Winterhouse'' (Creative Book Publishing),

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, ''Coming of Age: A History of the Jewish People of Manitoba'' (Jewish Heritage Centre of Western Canada and Heartland Associates),

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, ''Some Measure of Justice: The Holocaust Era Restitution Campaign of the 1990s'' (

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), Eva Wiseman, ''Puppet'' (

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, ''Save the Deli'' (

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), Kenneth Sherman, ''What the Furies Bring'' (

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), Jeffrey Veidlinger, ''Jewish Public Culture in the Late Russian Empire'' (

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), Goldie Sigal, ''Stingy Buzi and King Solomon'' (Lomir Hofn Press) and a Special Achievement Award to

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. The Koffler Gallery continued to program off-site during 2009-10, presenting

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: ''Margins'' from June 27, 2009 to March 28, 2010 at the

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(ROM). Organized by the Koffler Gallery and the

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(ICC) at the ROM, the exhibition ran concurrently with the ROM exhibition ''Dead Sea Scrolls: Words that Changed the World''. The Koffler Gallery also presented the group exhibition ''how good are your dwelling places'' from January 14 to March 14, 2010. Curated by Rochester-based curator Cyril Reade and located in a vacant residential and commercial space at 23 Beverley Street in Toronto, the exhibition featured works by artists Rita Bakacs, Susan Lakin, Ross Racine and Allen Topolski. ''Auguststrasse 25'', by Toronto-based sound artist E.C. Woodley, was presented from April 22 to May 30, 2010, in the

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, Toronto. The multi-media exhibition within one of Toronto's oldest synagogues recreated a living-room setting typical of a middle-class Jewish home from 1920's Germany, and featured an in-character actress, sounds from 1920's Berlin radio, and period furniture. The Gallery closed the 2009-10 season with Panya Clark Espinal: ''Vagabond Vitrine'' from June 27 to August 1, 2010, a sculptural installation located at the Mon Ton Window Gallery on College Street, Toronto.

2008-2009

In 2008-09, the Koffler presented Israeli art historian Gideon Ofrat in a two-month residency that included a series of public talks on Israeli and Jewish art and art history at the Miles Nadal JCC, and presentations to schools and community groups. The Koffler also presented Israeli musician

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on December 23, 2008 at the Leah Posluns Theatre. From November 1 to 9, 2008, the Koffler presented the 32nd annual Toronto Jewish Book Fair at the Leah Posluns Theatre. Speakers included

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(''The Case Against Israel's Enemies'') on opening night, Ronald Aronson (''Living Without God''), Rabbi Elyse Goldstein (''New Jewish Feminism''), Arie Kaplan (''From Krakow to Krypton: Jews and Comic Books''), Lisa Alcalay Klug (''Cool Jew: The Ultimate Guide for Every Member of the Tribe''), Rabbi Joseph B. Meszler (''A Man’s Responsibility''), Pearl Sofaer (''Baghdad to Bombay: In the Kitchens of My Cousins''), Bonnie Stern (''Friday Night Dinners''), Gerald Tulchinsky (''Canada's Jews: A People's Journey''), Richard Ungar (''Even Higher''), Barrie A. Wilson (''How Jesus Became a Christian''),

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(''The Red Tent''), Karen Levine (''Hana’s Suitcase''), Kathy Kacer (''The Diary of Laura’s Twin''), Ami Sands Brodoff (''The White Space Between''), Gina Roitman (''Tell Me a Story, Tell Me the Truth''), Morley Torgov (''A Good Place To Come From and Murder in A-Major''), Howard Shrier (''Buffalo Jump'') and Jan Rehner (''Just Murder and On Pain of Death''). In December 2009, the Koffler presented ''Crackin’ Up: Canadian Mosaic Comedy Night'' at

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, featuring Daniel Woodrow,

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* * 1974 births Living people Can ...

Arthur Simeon Arthur Simeon is a stand-up comedian based in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. He was born in Kampala, Uganda on November 14, 1983 and attended the prestigious Namilyango College between 1996 and 2001. In the fall of 2001, Simeon moved to Canada to att ...

Simon Rakoff Simon Rakoff (born August 30, 1960) is a Canadian comedian who began performing professionally in 1978. A veteran of the Canadian comedy scene, he has performed in every province and is widely regarded as one of the quickest and cleverest Canadian ...

, and Lori Pearlstein. The Koffler Chamber Orchestra, founded in 2005 and led by former

concertmaster

, performed three concerts: ''From the Old World to the New World: Music of England and America'' on November 16, 2008 at

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; ''Folk Feast'' on February 22, 2009 at Temple Emanu-El; and ''From Russia with Love'' on May 31, 2009 at the

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. The 21st annual Helen and Stan Vine Canadian Jewish Book Awards were held on May 25, 2009 at the Al Green Theatre, Miles Nadal JCC. The awards, which recognize Canadian writing on Jewish themes and subjects, are presented in the

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, non-fiction, history, poetry, Holocaust literature, biography and memoir, scholarship, and youth children's literature. The 2009 winners included

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, ''Izzy: the Passionate Life and Turbulent Times of Izzy Asper'' (

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Canada), Ami Sands Brodoff, ''The White Space Between'' (

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), Barrie Wilson, ''How Jesus Became Christian'' (

Canada),

, ''Gratitude'' (

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), Reinhold Kramer, ''Mordecai Richler: Leaving St. Urban'' ( McGill-Queen's University Press), David G. Roskies, ''YiddishLands'' (

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), and Kathy Kacer, ''The Diary of Laura's Twin'' (

). The Koffler Gallery presented the exhibitions Nina Levitt: ''Thin Air'', from March 6 to April 18, 2008; Karilee Fuglem: ''here within our curving spaces'' from May 15 to July 13, 2008; and Akira Yoshikawa: ''the way of now'' from September 11 to November 30, 2008. Yoshikawa's exhibition was the last to be held in the former Gallery space in the BJCC. The Gallery was demolished along with the Koffler offices and the BJCC in spring/summer 2009 to prepare for construction of the new Sherman Campus and Koffler Centre of the Arts. In the interim, the Koffler Gallery began to program off-site at locations around Toronto. The first off-site exhibition was

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: ''Honest Threads'', from January 22 to March 8, 2009. The exhibition was presented on the second floor of

, a large discount store located at Bathurst and Bloor Streets in Toronto. Haussler's project, which garnered media attention in the

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and Fiberarts, invited "visitors to wear and live with an article of clothing or accessory they've borrowed from the exhibit, donated by strangers who provide background information on their item." The Koffler Gallery's second off-site project was Diane Landry: ''The Magic Shield'', March 19 to May 3, 2009 at the Beaver Hall Gallery.

Artist Boycott of the Koffler Centre

In May 2021, the Koffler Centre of the Arts was the target of an artist boycott led by a number of Toronto artists, art organizations, and the

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(PACBI). Over 450 artists and 26 art organizations signed the boycott. The boycott asked members of the arts community "not to show at, collaborate with, or participate in any events taking place at the Koffler Centre of the Arts" until the demands of the boycott were met.

Tony Kushner and UJA controversy

In March 2016, the UJA Federation of Greater Toronto – a Jewish charity whose mission is to “preserve and strengthen the quality of Jewish life in Greater Toronto, Canada, Israel and around the world” – disassociated itself from the Koffler Centre of the Arts’ presentation of Pulitzer Prize-winning American playwright and

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-nominated screenwriter,

. The UJA cited Kushner’s involvement in the group

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(JVP), to which Kushner sat on the advisory Board, and which supports the BDS

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movement. Although Kushner acknowledged his involvement in the JVP group, he denied he supports the BDS movement. In a Globe and Mail article, Kushner accused the UJA of "McCarthyism" and a "smear campaign." Said Kushner in the Globe, "I'm honestly really disgusted by what he UJAdid and I'm very angry about it. It's depressing that – even in Canada – this kind of censorious, illiberal and really disgraceful behaviour is seen as acceptable." The Koffler Centre of the Arts, financially supported by the UJA Federation, went ahead with the planned Tony Kushner in Conversation event despite the UJA’s disassociation.

Reena Katz controversy

In May 2009 The Koffler Centre of the Arts announced it was disassociating itself from artist Reena Katz as a result of her support for Israel Apartheid Week, and a petition that she signed "condemning Zionism to the dustbin of history." The Koffler Centre stated that such activities undermine the existence of Israel as a Jewish state.
, ''An Open Letter from Jewish Youth in Canada'', 5 January 2009 As stated on its website, undated documents say that the existence of Israel as a Jewish state is a core value of The Koffler. These documents did not exist at the time the controversy began. The website also stated that " ile we will support artists with diverse views about Israel, we will not endorse anyone who calls for the demise of Israel as a Jewish state." Katz "categorically rejects" this interpretation of her position.Murray Whyt
"Will politics wreck Wrecking Ball?"
''Toronto Star'', 14 June 2009 The Koffler Centre of the Arts has kept its contractual financial obligations to the project, ''each hand as they are called'', which was planned to be associated with Toronto's

festival. Katz' show was to be a non-political celebration of Jewish history in

, which the ''Toronto Star'' described as "a gentle exploration of the layers of multi-ethnic immigrant history in Kensington Market, played out on the market's streets in performance and, in one notably warm-fuzzy intervention, a game of

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between members of a Jewish seniors' centre and a class of Grade 8 students at a nearby school." The Centre's objection was not to the planned installation itself, which they had heartily approved of every step of the way, but to Katz' anti-Zionist views and activism (which was seen as undermining Israel as a Jewish state), prompting Koffler's action to be described as

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by critics. The Centre's response was "Just as every individual has a right to freedom of expression, any organization is free to choose with whom it partners."
, ''Lori Starr, Letter to the Editor, "Decision not based on beliefs", Toronto Star'', 16 May 2009 Katz and independent curator Kim Simon, hired by the Koffler Center to curate the project, had been working on it for well over a year, and claim that from the beginning they had made Katz's critical activism concerning Israel clear to the Centre's own curator, Mona Filip (their link to the Centre) who in turn must have told executive director Starr about it. Katz herself describes the effect of having only a single one-hour meeting with Starr on May 8, who then immediately issued the Koffler's press statement nationally, as a "stonewalling of internal dissent and debate... At no point along the way was I asked to represent myself, my ideas, or the mandates of the groups I belong to, despite amicable, almost daily contacts with Filip for many months." As a result of the Centre's actions, 4 of the 34 artists pulled out of Koffler's summer art party and fundraiser ''The Wrecking Ball'' as a protest. One artist, Gwen MacGregor, stated "It really speaks to fundamental issues about freedom of expression and freedom of association. It's the thin edge of the wedge, in terms of censorship, and that's a slippery slope." Another artist, Yvonne Singer, the only professional artist on the Koffler Board and an associate professor at York University, where she was in charge of the graduate program in visual art, resigned from the Board. She said, concerning a meeting of the Board's Arts Advisory Committee on May 1 where Starr had raised the issues, "Several of us objected. The exhibition had nothing to do with atz'spolitical views, and in any case, she had a right to them as a citizen." Singer again objected at the May 4 meeting of the full Board, but a majority agreed with Starr. In addition dozens of faculty from OCAD and York Universities signed a letter to the Koffler Centre stating that the latter's "decision is a highly political act that serves to discredit Katz, her work and the validity of the political views and opinions she may hold as a Jew, an artist, and a social citizen." In its FAQ (undated and not posted until well after the controversy began), the Koffler Centre of the Arts denies censorship since it did not cancel the exhibition and continued to fund it. They claim that the decision as to whether the exhibition continues remains in the hands of the artist and curator. This point of view was not accepted by journalists such as Murray Whyte, visual arts reporter at the Toronto Star, or Susan G. Cole, senior entertainment editor at Toronto's ''Now'' weekly magazine,
, ''Susan G. Cole, Cover Story, "The show you won't see...", Now'', 3–10 June 2009 nor was it the view of then Board member Yvonne Singer who told Whyte she "knew right away it would scuttle the whole thing. You can't dissociate like that, and reasonably expect it to survive." Cole noted the domino effect that the Koffler's quickly issued press release had on others involved in the project, in effect virtually terminating it 12 days before it was to open. ''each hand as they are called'' finally went forward after the Koffler's lawyer reached a settlement with Ms. Katz's lawyer and was presented (in a much modified form) from October 1 to 25, 2009. Th
Toronto Arts Council
which provides substantial financial support to The Koffler, addressed the situation: "We're asking (Koffler) if this signals a change in policy," said Claire Hopkinson, TAC's executive director. "We're taking it very seriously." While the Toronto Arts Council after a formal review has confirmed that its funding of The Centre will continue, it also noted that Koffler had been "in violation of the City of Toronto's non-discrimination policy regarding an individual's right to freedom of political association" but declined to say what changes they were required to make.

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