#ofra haza

[nesyanast]

Thinking about how in 1983 Ofra Haza, a Yemenite-Jew refugee, sang the song Chai at Eurovision in Munich, Germany 11 years after the Munich Massacre and only four decades after the Holocaust, with a song where the chorus says Am Yisrael Chai - The Nation of Israel Lives and it's all about joyous survival. (She placed second)

[springrosemary]

A young Ofra Haza (1957-2000) in magazines from the 1970s.

She was an Israeli singer, songwriter, and actress. She lent her voice in a critically aclaimed DreamWorks movie, The Prince of Egypt.

[chanaleah]

Reblog for sample size 💙

[deliriousmonk]

I'm back in my theology phase. What a wicked life! Have a few good songs as an apology for not posting the album review. It will come... eventually.

Dead - They Might Be Giants

2. All I Need - Radiohead

3. Goodnight - Breathless

Devasting.

4. Down In It - Nine Inch Nails

5. Walking Down Town - The Boomtown Rats

I legit can't stop humming this song to myself. It's like a disease & I don't want to be cured.

6. Superstar - Sonic Youth

7. Living Through Another Cuba - XTC

8. Let My Prayer Arise - Bortnyansky

9. Ode Le-Eli - Ofra Haza

10. True Faith - New Order

[mindofsombre]

[camyfilms]

THE PRINCE OF EGYPT 1998

But I was their enemy. I was the prince of Egypt, the son of the man who slaughtered... their children! You've chosen the wrong messenger! H-how can I even speak to these people?

[bonos-grindcore-sideproject]

Ofra Haza was an international pop star in the 80s. She was also a Yemeni Jew. This song is part of a poem written by a 17th century rabbi.

If the gates of the leaders are locked, the gates of Heaven are not locked.

[swanasource]

SWANA APPRECIATION: Some Famous Faces of Yemeni Descent

Queen Naija / Hamzah the Fantastic / Balquees Fathi /Safinaz Sattar / Hager Noman / Ofra Haza / Ari'el Stachel / Amuna Ali / Jade Thirlwall

[koenji]

מי לי יתן שתי אהבות כקדם

Who will give me two loves as before

כך אתחזק בעצב הנעורים

thus I'll gather strength in the sorrow of youth.

מי לי יתן שתי אבוקות של זהר

Who will give me two torches of glow

כך אדלק כנוער האהבה

thus I'll light up as the youth of love.

גלגל הזמן גולש

The cycle of time boils over

ואיש לאיש לוחש

and a person whispers to another

תראה הזמן עבר

look, time has passed

הזמן עבר

time has passed.

מי לי יתן שתי עלמות של חמד

Who will give me two delightful maidens

שתי עלמות בחסד השקיעה

two maides at the grace of sun-down.

מי לי יתן חטא מחייך בבוקר

Who will give me sin smiles in the morning

חטא מחייך באושר האהבה

sin smiles in the bliss of love.

גלגל הזמן גולש...

The cycle of time boils over... (x2)

מי לי יתן

Who will give me.

[sonicandvisualsurprises]

1978

[a-minute-you-will-never-regain]

I want a brownie so bad....

Anyways, tell me how your weeks are currently going! I'd love to hear anything y'all have to say.

Obligatory picture of Ofra:

[xabiramone]

Happy birthday to the late Bat-Sheva Ofra Haza-Ashkenazi, known professionally as Ofra Haza (Hebrew: עפרה חזה‎; 19 November 1957 – 23 February 2000), was an Israeli singer, actress and Grammy Award-nominated recording artist, commonly known in the Western world as "The Israeli Madonna", or "Madonna of the East". Her voice has been described as a "tender" mezzo-soprano.🎂💖#LovingMemory

[ms-cornucopia]

Andrew Eldritch and Ofra Haza

[eurovisionart]

🇮🇱 Ofra Haza - חי/Chai

[hyenasnake]

I want everyone in the Good Omens fandom to know that Ofra Haza—the Madonna of the Middle East, the one who voiced Moses’ Mother in Prince of Egypt (1998) and changed the brain chemistry of an entire generation with her vocals in Deliver Us—has a song about Gabriel in Hebrew and… well… It sounds like the opening of a 90’s magical girl anime.

[fabelhafteweltvonfelix]

Ofra Haza: Hi - Eurovision Song Contest 1983 in München, der Beitrag aus Israel