Naomi Polani

Naomi Polani
Born	1927 Tel Aviv
Nationality	Israeli
Occupation	Musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress, and dancer
Known for	Founded the singing group "HaTarnegolim" ("The Chickens")

Naomi (also "Neomi") Polani (Hebrew: נעמי פולני‎, born in 1927, in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress, and dancer.^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Music career

Polani founded the singing group "HaTarnegolim" ("The Chickens") in 1960, and was in charge of musical and acting direction, and choreography.^[9][10][11] The original group included Yehoram Gaon and Hagashash Hahiver.^[11][12][13] It was referred to by The Jerusalem Post as "one of the most exciting things that ever happened to Israeli pop. They brought us some of the greatest hits of all times".^[11] Among the group's hits were "The Neighborhood Song," "Everything's Gold," and "My Great Kid Yossi."^[11] Over 30 years later Polani worked with a new group to create a comeback of the group.^[11][14]

In 2005, Peloni was voted the 183rd-greatest Israeli of all time, in a poll by the Israeli news website Ynet to determine whom the general public considered the 200 Greatest Israelis.^[15]

References

1. ^ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi (2004). Popular music and national culture in Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=kAxLAn6sOb4C&pg=PA111&dq=Neomi+Polani&hl=en&ei=dy41Tq7lLMPm0QHjmYGRDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
2. ^ Virginia R. Domínguez (1989). People as subject, people as object: selfhood and peoplehood in contemporary Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=V-RpVYga830C&pg=PA198&dq=Neomi+Polani&hl=en&ei=dy41Tq7lLMPm0QHjmYGRDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=4&ved=0CD0Q6AEwAw#v=onepage&q=polani&f=false. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
3. ^ Helen Kaye (February 13, 1989). "Artists' Honour". The Jerusalem Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/99205465.html?dids=99205465:99205465&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Feb+13%2C+1989&author=Helen+Kaye&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=ARTISTS%27+HONOUR&pqatl=google. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
4. ^ "News in Brief". Haaretz. April 22, 2011. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/news-in-brief-1.254218. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
5. ^ Dori, Roni (April 22, 2011). "Perpetual motion". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/perpetual-motion-1.6878. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
6. ^ "Neomi Polani – About This Person". The New York Times. http://movies.nytimes.com/person/1565415/Neomi-Polani. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
7. ^ "נעמי פולני, מתוך תיאטרון – אנציקלופדיה". Ynetl. June 20, 1995. http://www.ynet.co.il/yaan/0,7340,L-1091231-PreYaan,00.html. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 
8. ^ "A Ruth, a Naomi, and more: Celebrating Women Israeli Artists". The iCenter. June 29, 2008. http://theicenter.org/resource/ruth-naomi-and-more-celebrating-women-israeli-artists. Retrieved August 1, 2011. 
9. ^ Don Rubin (1999). The World Encyclopedia of Contemporary Theatre: Europe. http://books.google.com/books?id=B9RV5UFtPNMC&pg=PA513&dq=Neomi+Polani&hl=en&ei=dy41Tq7lLMPm0QHjmYGRDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=2&ved=0CDQQ6AEwAQ#v=onepage&q=peloni&f=false. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
10. ^ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi (2004). Popular music and national culture in Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=kAxLAn6sOb4C&pg=PA111&dq=Naomi+Polani&hl=en&ei=5i81Ttz4KIS80AGquvHQCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCwQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=Naomi%20Polani&f=false. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
11. ^ ^{a b c d e} Ury Eppstein, Michael Ajzenstadt (June 13, 1999). "These chicks have got to grow". The Jerusalem Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/42396744.html?dids=42396744:42396744&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Jun+13%2C+1999&author=Ury+Eppstein%2C+Michael+Ajzenstadt&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=These+chicks+have+got+to+grow&pqatl=google. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
12. ^ Motti Regev, Edwin Seroussi (2004). Popular music and national culture in Israel. http://books.google.com/books?id=kAxLAn6sOb4C&pg=PA110&lpg=PA110&dq=Naomi+Polani&source=bl&ots=wjHmk3gwEk&sig=TzRTOs_LP6ELLBIjJYzR82LmHWs&hl=en&ei=fTM1TveQHIa40gGO2vn3Cw&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CFQQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=Naomi%20Polani&f=false. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
13. ^ Don Rubin (1999). Contemporary Theatre: Europe. http://books.google.com/books?id=B9RV5UFtPNMC&pg=PA513&lpg=PA513&dq=Naomi+Polani&source=bl&ots=QNUsWT0-sP&sig=UZbrQ2FwfYPEfYmLMgdCpDNzrAU&hl=en&ei=aTQ1Tq3XKuTN0AGU47WCDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=3&ved=0CCIQ6AEwAjgK#v=onepage&q=Naomi%20Polani&f=false. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
14. ^ Barry Davis (October 12, 2000). "Succot forecast: Festival fever". The Jerusalem Post. http://pqasb.pqarchiver.com/jpost/access/62450548.html?dids=62450548:62450548&FMT=ABS&FMTS=ABS:FT&date=Oct+12%2C+2000&author=BARRY+DAVIS&pub=Jerusalem+Post&desc=Succot+forecast%3A+Festival+fever&pqatl=google. Retrieved July 31, 2011. 
15. ^ גיא בניוביץ' (June 20, 1995). "הישראלי מספר 1: יצחק רבין – תרבות ובידור". Ynet. http://www.ynet.co.il/articles/0,7340,L-3083171,00.html. Retrieved July 10, 2011. 

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