The New Generation דער נײַער דאָר

KlezKanada’s gala concert this year, produced by Jason Rosenblatt and Avia Moore, celebrates the work of some of our outstanding scholarship graduates. These young artists are at the forefront of many of the newest and most exciting activities in the worldwide Yiddish and Klezmer revival. In addition, special lectures and other programming, curated by Rokhl Kafrissen, will focus on worldwide activities of the Nayer Dor, the New Generation.

AVIA MOORE (Montreal) has studied, danced and taught with many of the world’s foremost Yiddish dance  teachers/leaders. She is the on-site Administrative Director for KlezKanada (for whom she wears a plethora of hats) and is the founder and artistic director of Burnt Wine, a theatre company dedicated to exploring cultural themes in a postmodern setting.

Jason Rosenblatt studied jazz piano at the Rimon School of Jazz in Ramat Hasharon Israel and at the McGill Conservatory. His achievements as a composer and harmonica player were most recently recognized by the Canada Council for the Arts, which awarded him a grant to study with his mentor, harmonica master Howard Levy. In addition to Jason’s career as a performer, he is an educator who teaches youth ensembles and teaches keyboard and harmonica at KlezKanada.


Rokhl Kafrissen is lawyer and journalist. She is currently working on a book called “The Myth of the ­Yiddish Atlantis” and writes for Jewish Currents magazine. At KlezKanada she is coordinating both lectures and the special programming for Der Nayer Dor.