Yarkoni, Yaffa

LC control no.	n 91118458
Descriptive conventions	rda
Personal name heading	Yarkoni, Yaffa *Browse this term in* LC Authorities or the LC Catalog
Variant(s)	Yarḳoni, Yafah, 1925-2012 ירקוני, יפה, 1925-2012 Abramov, Yaffa, 1925-2012 Yarqoni, Yaffa, 1925-2012 Gustin, Yafa, 1925-2012
Other standard no.	0000 0000 0317 6977 29744893 Q579498
Associated country	Israel
Birth date	1925-12-25
Death date	2012-01-01
Place of birth	Tel Aviv (Israel)
Place of death	Tel Aviv (Israel)
Profession or occupation	Singers Activists
Special note	Machine-derived non-Latin script reference project. Non-Latin script reference not evaluated.
Found in	Her Yafah Yarkoni, c1987: t.p. (Yaffa Yarkoni [in rom.]) New York times WWW site, Jan. 3, 2012 (in obituary published Jan. 2: Yaffa Yarkoni; b. Yaffa Abramov, Dec. 25, 1925, Tel Aviv; m. Shaike Yarkoni, 1948 (d. 1983); d. there Sunday [Jan. 1, 2012], aged 86; Israeli singer who became famous for entertaining the troops during Israel's wars but later criticized the military and tried to forge a legacy as an advocate for peace) Wikipedia, 11 October 2016 (Yafa Yarkoni; Yaffa Yarqoni; יפה ירקוני; born 24 January 1925 in Giv'at Rambam; died 1 January 2012 in Tel Aviv, Israel; Israeli singer) Wikipedia, 22 Apr 2019: (Yafa Yarkoni (Hebrew: יפה ירקוני‎ = Yafah Yarḳoni, also Yaffa Yarqoni, 24 December 1925 - 1 January 2012) was an Israeli singer, winner of the Israel Prize in 1998 for Hebrew song. She was dubbed Israel's “songstress of the wars” due to her frequent performances for Israel Defense Forces soldiers, especially in wartime. She was from a Mountain Jewish family [from the Caucasus]; Yafa Abramov (later Yafa Gustin and Yafa Yarkoni) was born in Giv'at Rambam (today a neighbourhood of Giv'atayim) to a Jewish family that immigrated from the Caucasus. At the age of ten, she studied ballet dancing under Gertrude Kraus, one of Israel's dance pioneers.
Associated language	heb