Seymour Epstein is a well known and well traveled educator, whose long engagement with Jewish life has taken him from Toronto to Morocco, from the Unites States to Siberia, and Israel. He has worked professionally for many major Jewish organization world-wide. He is also the author of many policy documents, academic articles poetry and monthly newspaper columns. His book From Couscous to Kasha: Reporting from the Field of Jewish Community Work was published in both English and Russian. He lives in Toronto.