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La Universidad de Bar Ilan honró a Yehoram Gaon con el título «doctor honoris causa».
El 18 de mayo 2015 , tuvo lugar en la Universitad Bar Ilan una seromonia grandioza onde fue dado el titolo de doktor’ Honoris Causa’ al sinyor Yehoram Gaon.
Sovre la demanda del Konsilio Akademiko de la Universitad, la misyon fue realizada por el Dr. Selim Salti, la doktora Dina Berniker i el prof. Shmuel Refael ke onoraron al sinyor Gaon.
L’ interesante del evenimiento es ke dizde su fondasion, 60 anios atrás, solo a 3 ladino avlantes sefaradis este onor fue dado.
El primer a resivirlo fue el defonte Granrabino de Italia Elio Toaf, el sigundo el sinyor Selim Salti, i enfin el treser el kantador i artista de sinema Yehoram Gaon.
En la foto verash de la siedra verso la derecha el Prezidente de la Universitad Rabbi Prof. Daniel Hershkowitz, prof. Shmuel Refael, Yehoram Gaon,la doktoresa Dina Berniker, el Dr.Selim Salti, en la siedra de la foto el ijo i la ija del sinyor Gaon, i en el plano de atrás los dekanos de las fakultades.
Este titolo durante 60 anios fue dado a kaji 600 personajes de valor entre los kualos eskojimos unos kuantos de los mas konosidos, a saver: Salman Shazar, Golda Meir, Elie Wiesel, Harold Wilson, Chaim Herzog, Menachem Begin, Simone Weil, Shlomo Goren, Emanuel Levinas, George Bush, Shimon Peres, Benyamin Natanyahu, Yitshak Shamir, Frederik W. de Klerk, Mikhail Gorbachev, Bernard Lewis, Vaclav Havel, Jacob A. Frenkel, John Howard, Ariel Sharon, Shaul Mofaz, Jose Maria Aznar, Teddy Kolek, Meir Lau, Hillary Rodham Clinton, Abraham Foxman, Marc Rich, Patrick Desbois, Gabi Ashkenazi, Israel Philharmonic Orchestra, Chaim Topol, Reuven Rivlin, Benjamin Gantz.
Gaon, Dr. Dina Berniker, Dr. Selim Salti y miembros de la familia Gaon.
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Yehoram Gaon (Hebrew: יהורם גאון) (informally, Yoram Gaon) (born December 28, 1939) is an Israeli singer, actor, director, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure. He has also written and edited books on Israeli culture.[1]
The son of Sephardic Jewish parents—a Macedonian father and Turkish mother, both immigrants to Israel—he became an early inspiration of «solidarity and pride» for the Sephardic community.[2]
Personal life
Early life
Gaon was born in the Beit Hakerem section of Jerusalem in 1939.[1] His father, Moshe-David Gaon, a well-known historian, was born in Sarajevo in 1889, and immigrated to British mandate Palestine,[3] where members of his family had lived for five generations.[4] He was a school master and Hebrew teacher in areas that included Jerusalem, Buenos Aires, and İzmir.[3] He was also a poet and a scholar of Ladino.[4] In Turkey, he met and married Sara Hakim,[citation needed] returning with her to Jerusalem.
Yehoram enlisted in the IDF in 1957.[citation needed] In the military, he joined the Nahal entertainment troupe, beginning a career in the performing arts that would eventually bring him fame as both a singer and actor.[5]
Family
Gaon has two children from his former marriage to Orna Goldfarb: Moshe-David (named after his father) and Hila.[citation needed] His three brothers are Yigal, Kalila Armon, and late businessman and industrialist Benjamin «Benny» Gaon.[4]
Professional career
Singer
After performing in the Nahal Brigade entertainment troupe during his army time, Gaon joined the «Yarkon Bridge Trio» (Hebrew: שלישיית גשר הירקון),[6] performing with two other performers who also became stars in Israeli popular culture: the late Arik Einstein[citation needed], and the late Benny Amdursky.[citation needed].
He was in the original singing group «HaTarnegolim» («The Chickens»), founded in 1960 by Naomi Polani.[7][8][9]
Gaon’s growing reputation soon attracted the attention of leading Israeli composers and song writers.[citation needed] He became well known for his rendition of Naomi Shemer’s Od Lo Ahavti Dai (lit. I have not Loved Enough Yet).[10] He performed at the Nobel Prize ceremony of Yitzhak Rabin, Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat inOslo, in 1994.[1] In 2009, Gaon recorded the song «Shir Ha’avoda Vehamlacha» for the organization Pioneers For A Cure, with the proceeds benefiting The Israel Cancer Association (ICA).[11]
Actor
Gaon appeared with the Israel Cameri Theatre in productions that included «Chips with Everything», «Vitzek,» and «Kinneret Kinneret,» by the National Laureate,Nathan Alterman.[12] He left Israel in the early 1960s to study acting at the famous Herbert Berghof Studio in New York, under well-known acting teacher Uta Hagen, later graduating with honors from the RCA Institute for TV Production.[12]
He returned to Israel to play the starring role in the 1966 stage production of the original Israeli musical comedy Kazablan, which became an immediate hit, and ran for more than 600 performances.[12] The musical’s huge success made this «young Jerusalem-born singer…not only…an overnight singing star, but also a figure of solidarity and pride for people of Sephardic origin, many of whom were entering a theatre for the first time.»[2] Gaon later reprised his role in the 1974 film version.[13]
Other notable film performances of his included that of Yonatan Netanyahu in the Israeli film Mivtza Yonatan (English: Operation Thunderbolt) (1977), as well as other film roles in Siege, Every Bastard a King, The Eagles Attack at Dawn, Joker, The Lover, and No-Way Street.[12] He starred in the autobiographical feature, Ani Yerushalmi (lit. I am a Jerusalemite) (1971).[14]
TV and radio
He starred in several other TV series, including Krovim Krovim (1983), an Israeli sitcom. He hosted his own TV show called Shishi BeGaon («Friday with Gaon») on Israeli Channel One. The show was extremely popular, with a successful run for a number of years. He later hosted a weekend talk show on commercial Channel 2. Since 1997, he has been hosting a radio show on Reshet Bet called as «Gaon on the radio» (גאון ברדיו), in which he talks about the current weekly events and expresses his personal views on the various current weekly events.[15]
Gaon moderated the Israel Broadcasting Authority documentary series for the Jubilee Year, entitled, T’kuma. In 1998 he resigned from the show, explaining in his letter of resignation that he believed that the series displayed «overly biased pro-Arab views.»[16] «Gaon told the producers of the Channel 1 TV series that he could not tolerate one of the episodes, during which Arab terrorists, responsible for killing many Israelis in the 1970s, were seen to be glorified on the show.»[16]
Author and editor
«In The Middle Of The Road» is a book written by Gaon that includes poems, family stories and photos.[1] He edited «Spices from Spain», a collection of Ladino quotes (with Hebrew translations) passed down to him by his father, a well-known historian. He also published a second edition of «Eastern Jews in Israel,» an encyclopedic work originally published by his father. [1] The complete work includes biographical information on almost 3000 rabbis, scholars and others in Spain, France, Italy, the Ottoman Empire including the Balkans, and the Middle East and North Africa who visited or immigrated to Israel, sometimes moving there to ensure they could die in the Holy Land.[3]
Activist and civic leader
In 1993 he was elected to the Jerusalem Municipal Council, with the portfolio for Cultural Affairs and Special Education Needs,[5] serving until 2002.[1] He is theHonorary Consul of Chile in Israel. He also serves as the president of the Arkadash association of the Turkish immigrants in Israel.[citation needed] He has also served as the Deputy Mayor of Jerusalem.[16]
He is active in civic affairs, serving as a member of organizations that include the Committee for the Advancement of Ladino, Yad Ben-Zvi Fund for Diaspora Research, Adopt a Soldier Fund, The Association for Soldiers Welfare, The Association for Autistic Children, The Fund for Music Therapy and The Academy For the Hebrew Language.[1] He is an advocate for peace who has spoken out on some issues, saying it is impossible to freeze growth in settlements, but on the other hand, «I do not approve of angering the entire world. We’re not living alone [on this planet], and we depend on other countries as well.”[6]
Philanthropist
Among Gaon’s many contributions to Israel’s cultural resources include the Moshe David Gaon Center for Ladino Studies at Ben Gurion University, which he and his brother Benny founded in memory of their father.[17] In December 2010, he donated books to launch the «Sarah Hakim Gaon Library» for Arkadash, in memory of his mother.[18]
Awards
In 2004, Gaon was awarded the Israel Prize, for Hebrew song.[19][20]
References
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d e f g Yehoram Gaon Personal Profile.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Jewish-theater.com.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c SephardicStudies.org.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c Kraft, Dina, «Benjamin Gaon, who aided Arab-Israel trade, dies at 73,» The New York Times, May 15, 2008.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Jewish Agency bio page.
- ^ Jump up to:a b Julian, Hana Levi, «Yehoram Gaon marks 50 years in show biz with new kids TV show,» Arutz Sheva, December 29, 2009.
- Jump up^ Don Rubin (1999). The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- Jump up^ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi (2004). Popular music and national culture in Israel. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- Jump up^ Ury Eppstein, Michael Ajzenstadt (June 13, 1999). «These chicks have got to grow». The Jerusalem Post. Retrieved July 31, 2011.
- Jump up^ HebrewSongs.com.
- Jump up^ Pioneers for a cure.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c d Yehoram Gaon Official Site.
- Jump up^ IMDB.com.
- Jump up^ IMDB.com, Ani Yerushalmi.
- Jump up^ Yehoramgaon-official.com, TV and radio show information.
- ^ Jump up to:a b c IINS News Service, Israel, «Yehoram Gaon Resigns from IBA’s «Tekumah» Series,» March 12, 1998.
- Jump up^ Cashman, Greer Fay, «Philanthropist Benny Gaon laid to rest,» The Jerusalem Post, May 11, 2008.
- Jump up^ Video of speech (in Hebrew) with English caption on YouTube.
- Jump up^ «Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Recipient’s C.V.».
- Jump up^ «Israel Prize Official Site (in Hebrew) – Judges’ Rationale for Grant to Recipient».
Fuente: Wikipedia
