Michael Wex

Michael Wex is a Canadian novelist, columnist, playwright, translator, lecturer and performer. His is also the author of numerous books, including the 2005 bestseller “Born to Kvetch.” A native of Lethbridge, Alberta, Michael has worked in virtually every area of contemporary Yiddish. Some of his songs have been recorded by such klezmer bands as Sukke, The Flying Bulgars, and the 2007 Grammy winners, The Klezmatics. Michael’s teaching and lecture activities—a unique combination of learning, stand-up comedy and probing investigation into the nature of Yiddish and Yiddishkayt—have taken him from Toronto to Budapest, and to many points in between.