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Omer Adam
Omer Adam ( he, עומר אדם; born October 22, 1993) is an Israeli singer whose music fuses elements of eastern Mizrahi music (Oriental-Middle Eastern) and Western Pop instrumentation. In 2009, he participated in the seventh season of '' Kokhav Nolad'' (in Hebrew כוכב נולד), a popular '' Idol'' series show in Israel, but was disqualified because of being underage at the time of application. Biography Omer Adam was born in North Carolina, U.S., to an Israeli family residing in the United States. On his paternal side, His father Yaniv Adam is of Mountain Jewish (Kavkazi Jewish) descent, whereas his mother is of Ashkenazi Jewish descent. His father was a special forces officer in the Israel Defense Forces who served as deputy commander of the Shaldag Unit and Battalion 202 of the Paratroopers Brigade. His paternal grandfather Shmuel served as a senior commander in the Israel Border Police. He is also related to General Yekutiel Adam and his son General Udi Adam. When ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North Carolina
North Carolina () is a U.S. state, state in the Southeastern United States, Southeastern region of the United States. The state is the List of U.S. states and territories by area, 28th largest and List of states and territories of the United States by population, 9th-most populous of the List of states and territories of the United States, United States. It is bordered by Virginia to the north, the Atlantic Ocean to the east, Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia and South Carolina to the south, and Tennessee to the west. In the 2020 United States census, 2020 census, the state had a population of 10,439,388. Raleigh, North Carolina, Raleigh is the state's List of capitals in the United States, capital and Charlotte, North Carolina, Charlotte is its largest city. The Charlotte metropolitan area, with a population of 2,595,027 in 2020, is the most-populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in North Carolina, the List of metropolitan statistical areas, 21st-most populous ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mishmar HaShiv'a
Mishmar HaShiv'a ( he, מִשְׁמַר הַשִּׁבְעָה, lit=guard of the seven) is a moshav in central Israel. Located near Beit Dagan, it falls under the jurisdiction of Sdot Dan Regional Council. In it had a population of . History The village was founded in 1949 by demobilised soldiers on land which had belonged to the Palestinian village of Bayt Dajan, which was depopulated in the 1948 Arab–Israeli War. It was named in memory of the seven Notrim who were killed near Yazur Yazur ( ar, يازور, he, יאזור) was a Palestinian Arab town located east of Jaffa. Mentioned in 7th century BCE Assyrian texts, the village was a site of contestation between Muslims and Crusaders in the 12th-13th centuries. During th ... on 22 January 1948. References {{Sdot Dan Regional Council Moshavim Populated places established in 1949 Populated places in Central District (Israel) 1949 establishments in Israel ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zvika Hadar
Zvika Hadar ( he, צביקה הדר, ; born 7 April 1966) is an Israeli actor, comedian and television host. Biography Zvi (Zvika) Fruchter (later Hadar) was born in Beersheba, Israel, to Romanian Jewish family. As a child, he studied piano. Early in his career, he composed numbers for musicals. Hadar first appeared on television as Jojo Khalastra on the satiric show Ha-Comedy Store. He was the host of Kokhav Nolad, the Israeli version of '' Idol'' for ten seasons. He has also acted in a number of Israeli movies including starring in ''Pick a Card''. In September 2012, Hadar suffered cardiac arrest upon arriving at clinic in Tel Aviv for a checkup. The cardiologist performed CPR and revived him. He was transferred taken to Ichilov Hospital and was released after cardiac catheterization. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shlomo Artzi
Shlomo Artzi ( he, שלמה ארצי) is an Israeli folk rock musician, composer, music producer, radio broadcaster columnist and singer-songwriter. He was born on November 26, 1949, in Moshav Alonei Abba. In the course of his career, he has sold over 1.5 million albums, making him one of Israel's most successful male singers. Early life Artzi's parents were Holocaust survivors and their memories deeply influenced him and his sister Nava Semel, a playwright. His father, Yitzhak Artzi, a Zionist activist in Bukovina, Romania in his youth, was later a member of the Knesset. His maternal grandmother was the sister of Rabbi Meir Shapiro. When Artzi was eight years old, his family moved to northern Tel Aviv. Artzi's schoolmates thought he would become an actor, not a musician, as he was known for his acting skills at elementary school. However, at the age of twelve, he started playing the guitar and singing in a boy scouts group and at friends' parties. Musical career 1960s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Idan Raichel
Idan Raichel ( he, עידן רייכל, ; b. 12 September 1977) is an Israeli singer-songwriter and musician known for his "Idan Raichel Project" (Hebrew: ), distinctive for its fusion of electronics, traditional Hebrew texts, and diverse musical influences. Prior to the project, Raichel was a keyboardist, collaborating with artists such as Ivri Lider. Biography Idan Raichel was born in Kfar Saba, Israel, to an Ashkenazi Jewish family who emigrated from Eastern Europe. He began to play the accordion at the age of nine. He was attracted to gypsy music and tango, and studied jazz piano in high school. Raichel played in the Israel Defense Forces army band at the age of 18, performing covers of Israeli and Western pop hits at military bases around the country. As the musical director of the band, he learned to do arrangements and produce live shows. Following his military service, Raichel worked as a counselor at Hadassim, a boarding school for immigrants. There he met young E ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ishtar (singer)
Ishtar (; born Esther (Eti) Zach () on 10 November 1968) is a French-Israeli vocalist who performs in Arabic, Hebrew, Bulgarian, French, Spanish, Russian and English. She is best known for her work as the front vocalist of the French-based band Alabina, and her solo pop hits such as ''C'est la vie'', ''Last Kiss'', ''Horchat HaEkaliptus'' and ''Habibi (Sawah)''. Early life Eti Zach was born on 10 November 1968 in Kiryat Ata, near Haifa and was raised in Israel. She was born to an Egyptian-Jewish mother and a Moroccan-Jewish father, who had immigrated to Israel earlier. She speaks Arabic, English, French and Hebrew. She sings in Arabic, Hebrew, French, Spanish, Bulgarian, Russian, and English. In addition, she says she "half-speaks Moroccan Arabic". Ishtar began performing in clubs at age 14 and continued even while enrolled in the IDF. Though she was born Eti Zach, she chose the name 'Ishtar', a Mesopotamian Goddess, because her grandmother called her Ester, which "wit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kobi Peretz
Kobi Peretz ( he, קובי פרץ; born October 28, 1975), is an Israeli singer who sings in the Mizrahi style. Biography Yaakov (Kobi) Peretz was born and raised in Tel Aviv, the youngest of 10 children. He is of Moroccan Jewish descent. He is known for his hit ''Balbeli Oto'' (Confuse Him). He was sentenced to 18 months in prison for tax evasion on May 16, 2016. He began his term at Maasiyahu Prison on October 15, 2017. Selected discography * ''You Are Like Fire'' – 1995 * ''The Arrow of Love'' – 1997 * ''I Live The Way I Want'' – 2001 * ''Confuse Him'' – 2003 * ''Crazy About You'' – 2004 * ''All That's In Me'' – 2006 * ''How Much Love'' – 2008 * ''Written in the Heavens'' – 2012 See also * Mizrahi Music Mizrahi music ( he, מוזיקה מזרחית ' , "Eastern music/Oriental music") refers to a music genre in Israel that combines elements from Europe, the Middle East and North Africa; and is mostly performed by Israelis of Mizrahi Jewish d ... * ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Enrico Macias
Gaston Ghrenassia (born 11 December 1938), known by his stage name Enrico Macias, is an Algerian-French singer, songwriter and musician of Algerian Jewish descent. Early years Gaston Ghrenassia was born to a Sephardic Algerian Jewish family in Constantine, Algeria. His father, Sylvain Ghrenassia (1914–2004), was a violinist in an orchestra that played primarily ''malouf'', Andalusian classical music. Gaston played the guitar from childhood, and started playing with the Cheikh Raymond Leyris Orchestra at age 15. He pursued a school teacher career, but continued playing the guitar. In 1961, the Algerian War of Independence was raging, and the situation became untenable for the Jewish and European residents of Constantine. The assassination in 1961 of his father-in-law and musician Cheikh Raymond Leyris by the National Liberation Front (FLN) was of immense effect on Gaston Ghrenassia, and appears to have been due to his opposition to the independence of Algeria from Fra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zohar Argov
Zohar Argov ( he, זוהר ארגוב, born , Zohar Orkabi, July 16, 1955 – November 6, 1987) was an Israeli singer and a distinctive voice in the Mizrahi music scene. Argov is widely known in Israel as "The king of Mizrahi music". Biography Zohar Argov was born in Rishon LeZion, Israel, to Ovadia and Yona Orkabi, Jewish parents who immigrated from Yemen. He was the eldest of ten children. He displayed a talent for singing in childhood, and his classmates nicknamed him "nightingale". All his siblings also displayed an interest in music. As a result of Argov's disinterest in any aspect of school except music, which was exacerbated by his family's financial problems, he dropped out of school at age 14 to work at a construction company. In 1972, he married a neighbour, Bracha Tzabari, and a year later, she gave birth to their son Gili. Argov's father Ovadia, with whom he had had a stormy relationship over the latter's authoritarianism and alcoholism, died on the day of Gili's b ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hovi Star
Hovav Sekulets ( he, חובב סקולץ; born 19 November 1986), known by his stage name Hovi Star ( he, חובי סטאר), is an Israeli singer. He represented Israel in the Eurovision Song Contest 2016 with the song " Made of Stars" by Doron Medalie. Biography Hovav Sekulets (aka Hovi Star) was born in Haifa. At 6, he began to audition for children's programs in Israel. During his three years of service in the Israel Defense Forces, he was a member of the IDF Band. Star is a trained hairstylist and makeup artist. He is openly gay. In April 2016, he reportedly suffered a homophobic incident in Moscow airport while on a tour to promote his Eurovision entry. Star said Russian border police officers tore up his passport, laughed at his attire and makeup. Singing and media career In 2009, he took part in season 7 of '' Kokhav Nolad'', the Israeli version of ''Idol'' competition broadcast from May to August 2009 as ''Hovi Star'', and finished seventh overall. In the same year S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HaGashash HaHiver
HaGashash HaHiver ( he, הגשש החיוור, ''lit.'' The Pale Tracker) was an iconic Israeli comedy trio. It was also known as the ''Gashashim.'' Its three members were Yeshayahu Levi ("Shaike"), Yisrael Poliakov ("Poli") (deceased) and Gavriel Banai ("Gavri"). History Shaike, Poli and Gavri had been members of ''Tarnegolim''" ("The Roosters"), founded in 1960 by Naomi Polani. The Gashashim put on many comedy skits which became classics in their own right ("The Drafted Car", "Off Side Story", "Kreker vs Kreker", etc.) and contributed numerous quotes to modern spoken Hebrew. They also starred in comic Israeli movies which became major hits, such as '' Givat Halfon Eina Ona'' and recorded many famous Hebrew songs. Some of Israel's greatest authors and playwrights, including the late Nisim Aloni, prepared material for the trio. The producer of HaGashash HaHiver was Avraham Deshe ("Pachanel"). The Gashash' sketches transcended class and education. Their elaborate word play bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Izhar Cohen
Izhar Cohen ( he, יזהר כהן; born March 13, 1951) is an Israeli singer who won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest. Biography Izhar Cohen was born in Tel Aviv, Israel, and raised in Givatayim, to a family of singers of Yemenite-Jewish descent – Shlomo Cohen, Sarah Cohen, and Hofni, Pini, and Vardina Cohen. Singing and stage career Cohen started to sing when he was a child and joined his father in his performances. At 18, Cohen joined the IDF's Nachal entertainment troupe. During the 1970s Cohen was one of the most played singers in Israel. Representing Israel, he won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest with the group Alphabeta performing " A-Ba-Ni-Bi" with music by Nurit Hirsh and words by Ehud Manor. The title of the song is the Hebrew word "''ani''" (first person singular pronoun) expressed in the popular children's language game " Bet language". Cohen later represented Israel again (this time with an unnamed group of backing singers) at the 1985 contest performing " ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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