Chava Alberstein

Chava Alberstein (Hebrew: חוה אלברשטיין‎, born December 8, 1947 in Szczecin, Poland) is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer and musical arranger. Alberstein is one of Israel's most beloved musical artists, with a career spanning over 40 years. Born in Stettin, a former German city, annexed to Poland by the Allies in 1945 (now north-western Poland), Chava Alberstein came to Israel at age four and grew up in Kiryat Haim.

Chava Alberstein (Hebrew: חוה אלברשטיין‎, born December 8, 1947 in Szczecin, Poland) is an Israeli singer, lyricist, composer and musical arranger. Alberstein is one of Israel's most beloved musical artists, with a career spanning over 40 years. Born in Stettin, a former German city, annexed to Poland by the Allies in 1945 (now north-western Poland), Chava Alberstein came to Israel at age four and grew up in Kiryat Haim. In 1964, when she was 17, a nightclub appearance in Jaffa led to a CBS recording contract. Early in her career, she appeared at the Amami Cinema in Haifa's Neve Sha'anan neighborhood.

Haaretz columnist Neri Livneh describes her as "a little slip of a thing in a blue youth movement shirt, her face covered by huge glasses." [1] She was drafted into the Israel Defense Force in 1965 and became one of many Israeli artists to rise to stardom by entertaining the troops. She has released more than 50 albums. She has recorded in Yiddish as well as Hebrew and English. Alberstein's husband is the filmmaker Nadav Levitan, who wrote the lyrics for her "End of the Holiday" album.

In 1986 she has written music for Levitan's film Yaldei Stalin (Children of Stalin) User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL..