Sarai Tzuriel

Sarai Tzuriel was born in 1952 in Kfar Yehoshua

Sarai Tzuriel was born in 1952 in Kfar Yehoshua in the Jezreel Valley. Her parents, Esther and Abba Tzuriel, were teachers. As a small child she lived in Baltimore, where her parents worked for the Habonim youth movement, and at 12 her family moved to Haifa.

She went to high school in Haifa and finished it in Cleveland, Ohio, during her parents' second mission in 1968 to 1969. After the army she studied literature and theater at Tel Aviv University and at Montclair State University, and acting at HB Studio in New York.

She served in the Northern Command Band from 1971 to 1973.

Her stage career began in 1976 at the Beersheba Theater, and she later played at Habima, Beit Lessin, the Cameri and other theaters. On screen she appeared in Avi Nesher's films, hosted children's programs and played Kippi Ben Kippod on Sesame Street from 1983 to 1987. In 1986 she represented Israel at Eurovision with Moti Giladi, singing Yavo Yom.

In 2018 she returned to the stage at the Cameri after 16 years away. Since 2022 she has played the matchmaker in Fiddler on the Roof at the Hebrew Theater. She has a son from her marriage to actor Rafi Tabor.