Ofra Haza was the Middle Eastern version of Celine Dion, Whitney Houston or Mariah Carey. Once you heard the opening notes of any song containing the sweet honey of Ofra Haza’s mezzo-soprano voice, it ...

His approach is meticulous. Each of Haza’s songs is adapted into flamenco palos, distinct rhythmic frameworks that give each piece a particular emotional character. When dancer Adva Yermiyahu 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 ...

Ofra Haza died 23 years ago and Zohar Argov has been dead for 36 years. Now the two singers, beloved voices in the Israeli musical pantheon, are being brought back to life. Sort of. A team of Israeli ...