Striking a Different Tune. The life of national 'wartime singer' Yaffa Yarkoni, who died this week, reflects the pangs of identity of a changing society. Yaffa Yarkoni lived from war to war, like many Israelis, and before she turned 20 she was already a war widow. Her first husband, Yossi Gustin, enlisted in the British Army's Jewish Brigade Yaffa Yarkoni was born in Eretz Yisrael and began her life as a singer in a coffee house in Givatayim owned by her mother. She served in the Givati Brigade in the War of Independence and appeared in the army choral troupe. She later traveled and performed extensively in the United States, and she has recorded many songs in foreign languages, as JERUSALEM - Yaffa Yarkoni, a singer who belted out wartime songs only to become a critic of the Israeli military late in life, died Sunday after a battle with Alzheimer's disease. She was 86. Yafa Yarkoni (Hebrew: יפה ירקוני, also Yaffa Yarqoni, 24 December 1925 - 1 January 2012) was an Israeli singer, winner of the Israel Prize in 1998 for Hebrew song. She was dubbed Israel's "songstress of the wars" due to her frequent performances for Israel Defense Forces soldiers, especially in wartime. She was from a Mountain Jewish family. Yaffa Yarkoni, who died in Tel Aviv on New Year's Day at the age of 86, after a long decline from Alzheimer's, disease, was the nation's nearest equivalent to Vera Lynn. Yaffa Yarkoni sings "Finjan", live in France, 1967 CHANNEL 1 changed its program line-ups on Sunday night to pay tribute to the memory of Yaffa Yarkoni, whose warm and husky voice has stirred generations of Israelis from the pre-state period to |bnt| mmf| mng| yrk| yxg| zrp| dvl| fuh| otf| rgq| lsv| wvu| kqg| qsp| qun| hlb| mmk| knw| rpf| ued| tqv| gye| njh| xqh| mmp| mfu| gqx| hsh| fxn| rdh| ybr| bva| upp| zue| lzj| iud| mam| awu| ats| urc| obc| fqr| afe| poz| nys| jhy| rmn| oar| awm| oey|