Arik Einstein was Israel’s Frank Sinatra

By Ted Belman

Til his passing I never heard of him. But judging from the reaction of the Israelis and their media, he was well beloved in Israel. An icon.

Steven Plaut wrote to his list, recommending these two albums of his as his best.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XHdb6YDvHII&list=PL5026A8C0FD04BBF6

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xkaJC0zXxvY&list=PL0978CBD3A2C3646A

‘He was a giant. He was our Frank Sinatra’
Thousands of mourners from across the country pour into Tel Aviv’s Rabin Square to pay last respects to Israeli music icon Arik Einstein • Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu: In a nation of great artists and singers, you were greater than all of them.

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  4. My favorite skit of Einstein and Uri Zohar ( now Rabbi Uri Zohar)

    End of an era!!! He will be missed.

    Parody on Israeli new immigrants, Arik Einstein and Uri Zohar
    Arik Einstein – SheKsheNavo

    Gideon Schochat was a pilot in the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during World War II and later became one of the founding pilots of the Israeli Air Force, rising to the rank of Colonel. He committed suicide in 1967. In 1971, his daughter Alona married Arik Einstein, a famous Israeli performer. They had 2 daughters together. They later divorced, the daughters remaining with their mother. They later became Orthodox Jews, and the daughters married Uri Zohar’s sons. Zohar was a good friend of Einstein and became one of the leading figures in the Orthodox community.


    Uri Zohar – Heart To Heart