Today, the legendary Mizrahi musician is lauded by contemporary singers, spoken about in reverential tones and even memorialized in street names. Despite a markedly spotty personal history, including ...

Zohar Argov was the king of Israel’s Mizrahi (Oriental) music, and a real-life rags-to-riches story. He was also a drug addict and a convicted rapist who committed suicide in prison. But despite Argov ...

“Here Forever” features Ofra Haza, known as Israel’s Madonna, and Zohar Agrov, a popular Mizrahi singer who was also a convicted rapist. (JTA) — Two popular Israeli singers — one the “Madonna of the ...

Thirty-six years after his death, the king of Mizrahi music is resurrected and will be joining the Revivo Project for a concert in Tel Aviv He’s been gone for 36 years, yet this October, Zohar Argov – ...

Barbara Ann Quinlan, born to a devout Roman Catholic family in New York, discovered her Jewish roots when she decided to study abroad in Poland. She met Argov at an Israeli nightclub in 1982. In 1982, ...

Business entrepreneur Oudi Antebi spent 18 years in the United States and 20 years in the high-tech space before returning to his native Israel to kickstart a new venture, Session 42, a music ...

One of my survival rules here between me, myself and I is to minimize listening to the news, and especially, commentators who pontificate in the TV studios. And yet, here and there I still fall, and ...

(JTA) — Two popular Israeli singers — one the “Madonna of the East”; the other the “king” of Mizrahi music, as well as a convicted rapist — have teamed up on a new song in honor of their country’s ...