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The Jewish Soul
of Leonard Cohen
Michael Posner
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 here to 
share 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.
LOCATION
Monarch Tavern
12 Clinton Street
PURCHASE AT
JMWEEK.CA/leonard
TICKETS
FREE
Registration 
Required 
Morning Music
10:00 - 11:00 AM
Thursday, May 28

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