Yona Atari

Biography

Yona Atari (Hebrew: יונה עטרי; December 4, 1933 – March 11, 2019) was a prominent Israeli singer, actress, and comedienne, and one of the leading figures of Israeli stage and entertainment in the 1950s and 1960s. Born in Sana’a, Yemen, she immigrated to Israel as an infant and grew up in Rehovot. She began her career in 1950 with the legendary Nahal entertainment troupe (the first star to emerge from it), then studied acting at the Habima Theatre. She later joined the influential Batzal Yarok (…