Tova Ben Zvi

Tova Ben Zvi
טובה בן-צבי
טובה בן-צבי (Tova Ben Zvi)
טובה בן-צבי (Tova Ben Zvi)
Background information
Born1928 (1928) (age 97)
Łódź,  Poland
Origin Israel
GenresFolk music
OccupationSinger
Years active1959–present
Awards
  • Człowiek Pojednania (Man of Reconciliation) by the Polish Council of Christians and Jews

Tova Ben Zvi (Hebrew: טובה בן-צבי; born 1928) is an Israeli singer. She is also a survivor of the Holocaust.

Biography

Ben Zvi was born in Łódź where she lived in the ghetto.[1] Her father was a Jewish cantor.[2] After the ghetto began to be emptied, she was sent to Auschwitz.[2] Later she would find out that she was the only member of her family to survive the Holocaust.[2] After World War II ended, she went to study literature at the University of Jerusalem.[2] Ben Zvi released her first album in 1959.[2] She sings folk music in Yiddish and many of her songs are about reconciliation.[3][4][5][6]

In 2009, Świat Tovy, a Polish documentary about her life, was released.[7] The thirty-minute film was directed by Michał Bukojemski.[7] Ben Zvi was awarded the title of Człowiek Pojednania (Man of Reconciliation) by the Polish Council of Christians and Jews.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Tova Ben-Zvi". Kawiarnia Literatka (in Polish). 2009. Archived from the original on 4 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2018.
  2. ^ a b c d e Zaradniak, Marek (4 May 2012). "Tova Ben Zvi gości w Poznaniu". Gloswielkopolski.pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 5 March 2016. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  3. ^ "Israeli Folk Singer Planning Concert". The Miami News. 21 February 1969. Retrieved 2018-06-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  4. ^ "Folk Singer At Center". The Akron Beacon Journal. 1 February 1969. Retrieved 2018-06-29 – via Newspapers.com.
  5. ^ a b Turnau, Jan (8 March 2009). "U popadii Katarzyny". Gazeta.Pl (in Polish). Archived from the original on 12 August 2017. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  6. ^ Schellen, Petra (2010-10-31). "Nicht-Jüdin über das Jiddische: "Die Angst steckt noch in jeder Zelle"". Die Tageszeitung: taz (in German). ISSN 0931-9085. Retrieved 2018-06-29.
  7. ^ a b "Wrocław: Spotkanie z Tova Ben-Zvi w Literatce". Gloswielkopolski.pl (in Polish). 30 June 2009. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 2018-06-29.