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Nira Rabinovitch

Nira Rabinovitch is an Israeli actress and singer, known for the children's television show "Ma Pitom?" alongside the puppet Kishkashta.

born 1943"Ma Pitom?" with KishkashtaChildren's songs and Hasidic songsTeaching Chinese medicine and qigong

Nira Rabinovitch
Born
17 August 1943, Tel Aviv
Occupation
actor, singer, stage actor

Nira Rabinovitch was born in 1943 in Tel Aviv

Nira Rabinovitch was born in Tel Aviv on August 17, 1943. She grew up in the Florentin neighborhood and later in north Tel Aviv, and attended the Zeitlin school. She performed at festivals with her older sisters Galia and Hadassa.

She served in the Northern Command entertainment troupe. From the mid 1960s she acted in plays for adults and children. In 1969 she and her sister Galia won first place at the Hasidic Song Festival, and she also recorded albums of Hasidic and Sabbath songs with actor Shlomo Nitzan.

From 1976 to 1981 she appeared on the Educational Television children's show "Ma Pitom?", where she talked, played and told stories with the puppet Kishkashta. She took part in children's song contests, winning the 1979 Festizemer. She later left the stage and appeared in films such as "Banot".

In 1988 she had breast cancer and recovered, and then turned to Chinese medicine and qigong. She lived in China from 1993 to 1998 and studied Chinese medicine there. She teaches the field, heads therapeutic qigong at Campus Brushim, and since 2024 heads the qigong program at Reidman College, while still taking screen roles.

Milestones in Nira Rabinovitch's life

  1. 1943

    Born in Tel Aviv.

  2. 1969

    Won first place at the Hasidic Song Festival with her sister Galia.

  3. 1976

    Began appearing on the children's show "Ma Pitom?".

  4. 1979

    Won first place at Festizemer with "Pepe Popeye".

  5. 1985

    Acted in the film "Banot".

  6. 1988

    Had breast cancer and recovered.

  7. 1993

    Moved to China to study Chinese medicine.

  8. 2010

    Played Tamar in "Hasamba Dor 3".

  9. 2013

    Received a lifetime achievement award from AMI.

  10. 2024

    Became head of the qigong program at Reidman College.

Nira Rabinovitch served in the military

She served in the Northern Command entertainment troupe, appearing in its programs "Tremp LaTzafon" and "Yadayim LeMa'ala".

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Based on Hebrew Wikipedia, נירה רבינוביץ', under CC BY-SA 4.0. The facts are Wikidata's.

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