Jewish Music Week

Jewish Music Week is a Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to celebrating Jewish music and its contributions to various musical genres. Established in 2011, the organization hosts an annual festival in the Greater Toronto Area, featuring a diverse range of concerts, recitals, and musical events.

Purpose and Activities

The festival showcases all genres of Jewish music, including Sephardic, Klezmer, Holocaust music, Israeli pop, Broadway, Hollywood, Chassidic Nigunim, Yiddish Theatre, Jazz, Big Band, Cantorial, folk, gospel, and bluegrass. By partnering with local Toronto organizations, Jewish Music Week seeks to enrich the community through cultural events. The organization often collaborates with synagogues and charities, ensuring that many events are accessible to a broad audience.

Financial and Charity Involvement

Some of the gala evening concerts are designed to benefit local synagogues or charities. This approach aligns with the organization's mission to contribute to the community's cultural and social well-being.

Events and Structure

The festival typically lasts for a week and offers both free daytime events and ticketed gala evening concerts. This format allows participants to engage as volunteers, performers, donors, or audience members.

Registration

Jewish Music Week is registered as a nonprofit organization with the Business Registration Number 832574883RR0001.

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