Biography

Chava Alberstein was born on December 8, 1947 in Israel. She is a composer and actress, known for No Names on the Doors (1997), An Intimate Story (1981) and Divided We Fall (2000). She was previously married to Nadav Levitan.

Alberstein was drafted into the Israel Defense Forces in 1965.

According to Israel's second largest daily newspaper, Yedioth Ahronoth, Alberstein is the most important female folk singer in Israeli history.

Alberstein has won the Kinor David (David's Harp) Prize.

Born Ewa Alberstein in Szczecin, Poland, her name was Hebraized to Chava when she moved to Israel with her family in 1950.

On 28 January 2011, she received the Lifetime Achievement Music Award from the Israel Association of Composers, Authors and Publishers of Musical Works, and holds honorary doctorates from Tel Aviv University and the Weizmann Institute of Science of Israel.