After fleeing Toronto, this artist found inspiration in the Canadian woods—and Israel

Knowing he was sick of the pollution and chaos of the big city, he finally settled in Owen Sound and dug into his passion for painting. Now with gallery exhibits across the country, including in his hometown’s acclaimed Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Glicksman has lived a unique kind of Jewish life, blending kabbalistic practice with artistic expression in snowy solitude. Except he’s also lived next door to possible Nazis. (Nobody said living the small-town Jewish life was easy.)

Glicksman joins his former high school classmate Ralph Benmergui on Yehupetzville, The CJN’s podcast about Jews living in small-town Canada. Listen and subscribe above.