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  • Jo Amar, Genre-Bending Jewish Singer, Dies at 79

    July 9th, 2009 | Blog | admin | No Comments

    By Bruce Weber (from the New York Times)

    Jo Amar, a Moroccan-born Jewish singer whose melding of Andalusian and Israeli musical influences made him a star in Israel and a popular performer in Jewish communities around the world, died on June 29 at the home of his son Ouri in Woodmere, N.Y. He was 79 …

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