The Jewish Soul of Leonard Cohen , by biographer Michael Posner

Thu May 28 2026 at 10:00 am to 11:00 am UTC-04:00

Monarch Tavern | Toronto

Jewish Music Week
Publisher/HostJewish Music Week
The Jewish Soul of Leonard Cohen , by biographer Michael Posner
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The Untold Story of this Canadian Jewish legend!
About this Event

Attention, Leonard Cohen fans! Michael Posner is on the JMW stage! This award-winning playwright, journalist and author is the Leonard Cohen biographer, having written three books about him: Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories, based on hundreds of interviews with people who knew him. Michael is now here to share with us untold stories reflecting the Jewish soul of this iconic, beloved Canadian Jewish singer-songwriter and poet.

Michael Posner is an award-winning writer, playwright, and journalist, and the author of nine books. These include the bestselling Mordecai Richler biography The Last Honest Man, and the Anne Murray biography All of Me, as well as three books in the Leonard Cohen, Untold Stories series. Michael was Washington Bureau Chief for Maclean’s magazine, later serving as its national, foreign, and assistant managing editor. He was also managing editor of the Financial Times of Canada for three years and spent sixteen years as a senior writer with The Globe and Mail (Toronto).



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Monarch Tavern, 12 Clinton St, Toronto, Canada

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