Eli Mohar

Eli Mohar was born in 1948 in Tel Aviv

Eli Mohar was born in Tel Aviv in 1948. His parents were Adina and the songwriter and poet Yechiel Mohar. He belonged to the HaMahanot HaOlim youth movement and studied at the A.D. Gordon School and then at Tichon Hadash.

In the IDF he first worked at a Nahal newspaper and then volunteered for the paratroopers. He also began writing for the army weekly Bamahane. He served in the Six-Day War, the War of Attrition and the Yom Kippur War.

Mohar worked closely with composer Yoni Rechter and wrote lyrics for Gidi Gov, Ephraim Shamir and Arik Einstein. He wrote the words of the song Shiur Moledet and of the theme song for the children's show Rechov Sumsum. In 1994 he released a compilation album of his songs.

He wrote for the papers Davar and Ha'ir, where he started the sports column Bashaar in 1980 and the column on Tel Aviv life in 1984. From 1978 to 1983 he co-hosted a late night show on Galei Tzahal. He also commented on English football on TV with Avi Meller.

Mohar was married twice and had a daughter, Sharon, from his marriage to actress Irit Alter. He kept working after he was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer. He died at his home in Azor in 2006 and was buried in Holon.