Eli Mohar ( he, עלי מוהר; December 30, 1948 – November 30, 2006) was an Israeli songwriter and columnist.

Biography

Eli Mohar was born in Tel Aviv. His father was Yechiel Mohar. He was a member of

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youth movement and studied at A.D. Gordon School before moving to Tichon Hadash. During his service in the IDF, he wrote for the military newspaper in addition to his paratrooper course training. Mohar was married twice. From his first marriage to the actress Irit Alter, he had one daughter, Sharon. Towards the end of his life, Mohar was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer yet he continued to work. He later died in

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on November 30, 2006 one month before his 58th birthday. He was laid to rest at Holon Cemetery.

Songwriting career

Plaque memorial on the poets Yehiel and Eli Mohar house in Tel Aviv

Mohar was well known as one of Israel’s most renowned songwriters. His reputation as a songwriter was based mainly on his longtime and occasional collaborations with singers like

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, Gabi Shoshan,

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and Oshik Levi He was especially known for writing songs for the members of

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such as

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, Ephraim Shamir, Yitzhak Klapter and Alon Oleartchik. In 1994, Mohar released a compilation album which consisted nineteen of the songs he wrote for the artists he collaborated with. He also wrote the lyrics for the children’s television show '' Rechov Sumsum''.

Journalism career

Mohar was also a renowned columnist. He held a weekly column in the weekly

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called Me'Hanasa Beirenu (Of what transpired in our city) from 1984, in which he opined in his staple mix of humour and sentimentality balanced by a tinge of sarcasm about his great loves: The city of

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, City life, the

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language, Paris. In a separate mini-column with Ha'ir he unabashedly hailed his other great loves, the Manchester United and " Hapo'el Tel Aviv" football clubs. In addition to Mohar’s journalism career, he served as a presenter on a late night radio show on

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between 1978 to 1983. He also served as a sports commentator alongside Avi Meller discussing English football.

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* * {{DEFAULTSORT:Mohar, Eli 1948 births 2006 deaths Writers from Tel Aviv Israeli male songwriters Israeli columnists Sports commentators Israeli radio presenters Israeli television presenters 20th-century Israeli male writers 21st-century Israeli male writers 20th-century Israeli male musicians 21st-century Israeli male musicians Jewish Israeli writers Jewish Israeli musicians 20th-century Israeli Jews 21st-century Israeli Jews Israeli people of Polish-Jewish descent Deaths from cancer in Israel Deaths from pancreatic cancer

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Journalism career

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