Beth Tzedec Congregation, Tarbut Toronto and the Israeli Connection at Miles Nadal JCC present a concert of 70 years of Israeli music including Naomi Shemer classics performed by The Quartet with Cantor Sidney Ezer and UJA Federation's shinshinim.

Purchase tickets online or call 416-781-3511. 

“The Honey and the Sting” —Naomi's Shemer's Life-Story and Creations

From the times of King David, the Jewish people never had an artist like Naomi Shemer whose music was sung by so many and had such a vast and dramatic effect on the Jewish and Israeli narrative.

Over 1,000 songs were written and composed by Shemer, many of which told the story of the State of Israel—from its birth through today, in happy times and sad. Her work is still very much ‘alive' and cherished by all.

Naomi Shemer is everywhere and belongs to everyone, in the Jewish State and across the world.

—Roy Rimshon

The Quartet

Anat Cogan is an American Israeli actress and singer. She is a graduate of one of the top acting schools in Israel (Nissan Nativ Acting Studio), and The Lee Strasberg Theater and Film Institute in NYC. Anat is co-founder of the Panda Theater Company in Manhattan in which she is an actor, writer and producer. She has been performing for over ten years in the Israeli theater and on television. She also was Yonathan Geffen’s female singer and performed with him throughout Israel.

Ayelet Cogan is the Quartet musical director, arranger and keyboardist, and is a Berklee College of Music graduate, where she studied arranging with John Williams. Ayelet is working as a musical director mainly in the theater and on television.

Dr. Mickey Rahav is the Quartet founder and French horn player. He has played with the Israeli Opera and many theater productions in Israel for many years, and now plays in Orchestras in New York City.

Omer Shaish is a graduate of the American Musical and Dramatic Academy in NYC. His theater credits include the Radio City Christmas Spectacular, Voca People and Spring Awakening.