Adi Ran

Adi Ran was born in 1961 in Ramat Gan

Adi Ran was born in Ramat Gan in 1961. He started his musical path as a coordinator in the Ramat Gan scout tribe, where his songs made him known among scouts.

He served in the IDF as a combat soldier in Battalion 82 of the 7th Brigade in the Armored Corps.

From 1987 he performed weekly at a Tel Aviv pub, often alone with a drum machine, and built a loyal following. In 1989 he released two albums on cassette that were sold at his shows. In 1988 he was convicted of sexual intercourse with a minor and of drug use while serving as scout coordinator.

In 1993 he began moving toward Judaism through Chabad emissaries and later became religious, stopping performing his old songs. His later albums draw on the teachings of Rabbi Nachman of Breslov. Two of his songs appeared in the 2005 film Ushpizin.

In 2019 he was placed last on a party list for the Knesset elections. He has served as a judge on reality shows on Kol Chai radio and lives in Harish.