Rika Zaraï

Person · Open Library

Works

4

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Film & TV

Jerusalem, Palestine [now Israel]

Rika Zaraï (Hebrew: ריקה זראי; 19 February 1938 – 23 December 2020) was a Franco-Israeli singer and writer. Rika Gozman (later Zarai) was born in Jerusalem. Her father came from Odessa (now Ukraine) in the Russian Empire, and her mother from Valozhyn (now Belarus), then in Poland. She passed her baccalaureate at the age of 17 and enlisted directly in the Israel Defense Forces, a year before her…

Known for

• La TV des 70's : Quand Giscard était président — Self (archive footage)2022
• Nulle part ailleurs — Self1987
• Le monde est à vous — Self1987
• Sacrée soirée — Self1987
• La Chance aux chansons — Self1984
• Champs-Elysées — Self1982
• Fan School — Self1977
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche — Self1975
• Système 2 — Self1975
• Midi Première — Self1975

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type

Person

Country

IL

Active from

1938-02-19

Active to

2020-12-23

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners

1,676

Total plays

6,962

Rika Zarai (born 19 February 1938, Jerusalem - died 23 December 2020 Paris), was an Israeli singer, who performed in Hebrew, English, French, Italian, Spanish and German. Zarai became famous in 1969 with Casatchok and Alors je chante (the french version of Vivo Cantando). She popularized Israeli classic songs such as Hava Nagila, Yerushalayim shel zahav and Hallelujah. She has a daughter named Yael, born in 1959. <a href="https://www.last.fm/music/RIKA+ZARA%C3%8F">Read more on Last.fm</a>

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Wikidata facts

Instance of

human

Gender

female

Citizenship

France

Place of birth

Jerusalem

Place of death

15th arrondissement of Paris

Occupation

author

Languages spoken

French

Genre

pop music

Instrument

voice

Image

Rika Zaraï 7 mars 1969.jpg

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