Nechama Hendel was born in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem. Her parents, Michael and Chana immigrated to Palestine from Poland. Her father served for many years as chief inspector of history at the Israel Ministry of Education. Her older sister, Tamar Gadot, was born in 1934. In 1956, she moved to Paris to study acting but returned in 1957 to join the newly founded ensemble Batzal Yarok, with former colleagues from the Nahal troupe.[1]
In 1969 she married Leonard Regnier and settled in West Germany. They had two children, Dilia (b. 1970) and Michael (b. 1972).[2]
Singing careeredit
Hendel began her singing career in the IDF Nahal music troupe.[3] In the 1950s, she performed as part of a duo, "Ran veNama," – with Ran Eliran. In 1958, Eliran and Hendel were introduced to American audiences by their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show performing "Tzena, Tzena, Tzena".
Hendel became world-famous with her smash hit "Machar" ("Tomorrow") composed by Naomi Shemer featured on the "Jerusalem of Gold" album.[4] She recorded many more of Shemer's songs.
In 1998, Hendel voiced Grandmother Willow in the Hebrew version of the animated movie Pocahontas II: Journey to a New World, and also Grandmother Fa in the Hebrew version of the animated movie Mulan, which was released three months before her death from cardiac arrest on 29 September.
^"Basque Twist Tarnishes Jerusalem’s ‘Gold’" Article of the Daily Jewish Forward – 13 May 2005
External linksedit
Daliot, Yisrael. "Nechama Hendel." Jewish Women: A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia. 1 March 2009. Jewish Women's Archive. 5 January 2010
April 10, 2024
nechama, hendel, nechama, nama, hendel, hebrew, נחמה, הנדל, august, 1936, september, 1998, israeli, singer, background, informationborn, 1936, august, 1936jerusalem, israeldied30, september, 1998, 1998, aged, genresfolkoccupation, singerinstrument, vocals, gui. Nechama Nama Hendel Hebrew נחמה הנדל 22 August 1936 30 September 1998 was an Israeli singer Nechama HendelBackground informationBorn 1936 08 22 22 August 1936Jerusalem IsraelDied30 September 1998 1998 09 30 aged 62 GenresfolkOccupation s SingerInstrument s vocals guitarYears active1957 1998 Contents 1 Biography 2 Singing career 3 See also 4 References 5 External linksBiography editNechama Hendel was born in the Rehavia neighborhood of Jerusalem Her parents Michael and Chana immigrated to Palestine from Poland Her father served for many years as chief inspector of history at the Israel Ministry of Education Her older sister Tamar Gadot was born in 1934 In 1956 she moved to Paris to study acting but returned in 1957 to join the newly founded ensemble Batzal Yarok with former colleagues from the Nahal troupe 1 In 1969 she married Leonard Regnier and settled in West Germany They had two children Dilia b 1970 and Michael b 1972 2 Singing career editHendel began her singing career in the IDF Nahal music troupe 3 In the 1950s she performed as part of a duo Ran veNama with Ran Eliran In 1958 Eliran and Hendel were introduced to American audiences by their appearance on The Ed Sullivan Show performing Tzena Tzena Tzena Hendel became world famous with her smash hit Machar Tomorrow composed by Naomi Shemer featured on the Jerusalem of Gold album 4 She recorded many more of Shemer s songs Hendel recorded not only in Hebrew but in Yiddish as well and was one of the artists included on a Yiddish compilation called Songs of The Vilna Ghetto for CBS Records in Israel In 1998 Hendel voiced Grandmother Willow in the Hebrew version of the animated movie Pocahontas II Journey to a New World and also Grandmother Fa in the Hebrew version of the animated movie Mulan which was released three months before her death from cardiac arrest on 29 September See also editMusic of IsraelReferences edit Nechama Hendel Jewish Womens Archive Nechama Hendel Jewish Womens Archive His true colors Haaretz article 12 June 2002 Basque Twist Tarnishes Jerusalem s Gold Article of the Daily Jewish Forward 13 May 2005External links editDaliot Yisrael Nechama Hendel Jewish Women A Comprehensive Historical Encyclopedia 1 March 2009 Jewish Women s Archive 5 January 2010 Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Nechama Hendel amp oldid 1212019531, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
