Veteran Israeli singer Shlomo Artzi published a heartfelt eulogy for the late Mizrahi music icon Yishai Levi in Yedioth Ahronoth, praising his unique voice and his role in opening doors for Mizrahi music in Israel.
Singer-songwriter Shlomo Artzi, one of Israel's most enduring musical figures, published an op-ed eulogy in the Yedioth Ahronoth daily newspaper honoring the late Yishai Levi, who died at age 63. Artzi's tribute focused on Levi's vocal quality — "a slight hoarseness, a small break, as if every note passes through the heart first" — and his role as a trailblazer for Mizrahi and Mediterranean music in a period when the genre stood "outside the Israeli living room, knocking on the door." The eulogy is the latest in a series of tributes from Israeli cultural figures since Levi's death was announced. As The Zioneer previously noted, Levi was hospitalized in serious condition in June; further details on his passing have not been disclosed by sources in this batch.
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