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Suki Lahav

Suki (Tzruya) Lahav was an Israeli violinist, singer, lyricist and writer who played with Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band in 1974 and 1975.

1951 to 2026Violin with the E Street BandHebrew song lyricsThe novel Andre's Wooden Clogs

Born: 16 July 1951, Ayelet HaShahar
Died: 1 April 2026, Jerusalem
Occupation: violinist, singer, writer, poet
Education: Lee Strasberg Theatre and Film Institute

Suki Lahav was born in 1951 in Ayelet HaShahar

Lahav was born Tzruya Hefri on July 16, 1951, and grew up on kibbutz Ayelet HaShahar in northern Israel. As a child she studied violin, played in a kibbutz youth orchestra and began writing songs. Her older sister is the writer Sara Hefri Aplal.

She sang in the entertainment troupe of the Paratroopers Brigade, where she met Louis Lahav. After her service they married and moved to the United States in 1971. Their daughter Tal was born there and was killed in an accident as a young child.

From September 1974 to March 1975 she sang and played violin with the E Street Band, including on Jungleland. She returned to Israel in 1975, played on the 1976 album of the band Tamouz and divorced in 1977. She later studied acting in Los Angeles and appeared in Israeli theater.

She turned to writing lyrics, often set to music by Rami Kleinstein. Her words were used in Shara Barkhovot, Israel's Eurovision entry in 1990. She also wrote screenplays and 2 novels, Andre's Wooden Clogs in 2002 and The Swamp Queen Does The Tango in 2004.

Lahav taught creative writing in Jerusalem, where she lived. She died in Jerusalem on April 1, 2026.