Lecture by Dr. Seymour Epstein: From Couscous to Kasha - Reporting from the Field of Jewish Community Work. Dr. Epstein was an Assistant Professor at McGill University where he directed the Jewish Teacher Training Program of Montreal. In 1981 he moved to Morocco to become the educational consultant for the American Jewish Joint Distribution Committee. During his years at JDC, he was active in Morocco, Western Europe, and the Former Soviet Union. Dr. Epstein was the director of Toronto’s Board of Jewish Education at UJA Federation.