Haim Moshe

Haim Moshe , bornSeptember 1955 is an Israeli singer whose musical style has crossed over from Yemenite and Mediterranean ethnic music to include mainstream Israeli and western pop elements. He has helped Mizrahi music achieve wide popularity both in Israel and in Arab countries.

Haim Moshe was born in 1956 in Ramat HaSharon, Israel. His parents were Yemenite Jews who immigrated to Israel after World War II as Mizrahi, or Eastern, Jews they had a distinct culture and background from the Ashkenazi Jews who played the major role in establishing the modern state and culture of Israel. As a child he learned to sing not only Israeli and Jewish religious music in the synagogue, but also Greek, Turkish, and Arabic songs, which he performed for weddings and Bar Mitzvahs. As a young man, Moshe worked in a print shop, and he served in the Israeli military in the mid1970s.

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