Naomi Polani
Naomi Polani, 2011
Born (1927-08-04) August 4, 1927
Tel Aviv, Mandatory Palestine
NationalityIsraeli
Occupation(s)Musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress and dancer
Known forFounded the singing group "HaTarnegolim" ("The Roosters")

Naomi (or Neomi) Polani (Hebrew: נעמי פולני; born August 4, 1927) is an Israeli musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress and dancer.[1][2][3] She was the Israel Prize laureate for Theater and Dance in 2019.

Music career

Polani founded the singing group "HaTarnegolim" ("The Roosters") in 1960, in charge of musical and acting direction and choreography.[4][5][6] The original group included Yehoram Gaon and HaGashash HaHiver.[6][7][8] They were referred to in The Jerusalem Post as "one of the most exciting things that ever happened to Israeli pop. They brought us some of the greatest hits of all times".[6] Among their hits are "The Neighborhood Song", "Everything's Gold" and "My Great Kid Yossi".[6] In 2011, she worked with a new iteration of the group.[6][9]

Personal life

Naomi Polani was married to the singer and actor Lior Yenai, but they divorced in the 1970s. The couple had two children: the actor and singer Yotam Yenai (1964), who performed with The Roosters band and was an actor at the Haifa Theater, and Iya (1968) - a nurse by profession. Both became religiously observant in their adolescence.

Polani has been living in the Moshavat Kinneret since the 1980s.

References

  1. ↑ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi (2004). Popular music and national culture in Israel. ISBN 9780520936881. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  2. ↑ Virginia R. Domínguez (1989). People as subject, people as object: selfhood and peoplehood in contemporary Israel. Univ of Wisconsin Press. p. 198. Retrieved 31 July 2011. polani.
  3. ↑ Helen Kaye (13 February 1989). "Artists' Honour". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  4. ↑ Don Rubin (1999). The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. ISBN 9780415251570. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  5. ↑ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi (2004). Popular music and national culture in Israel. ISBN 9780520936881. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  6. 1 2 3 4 5 Ury Eppstein, Michael Ajzenstadt (13 June 1999). "These chicks have got to grow". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  7. ↑ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi (2004). Popular music and national culture in Israel. ISBN 9780520936881. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  8. ↑ Don Rubin (1999). Contemporary Theatre: Europe. ISBN 9780415251570. Retrieved 31 July 2011.
  9. ↑ Barry Davis (12 October 2000). "Succot forecast: Festival fever". The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved 31 July 2011.


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