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Ron Eliran, the Israeli “Ambassador of Song,” was getting the bar mitzvah that he never had. He was 90 years old. The place was a Midtown steakhouse. The Christmas wreath on the wall...
Ron Eliran, the Israeli “Ambassador of Song,” was getting the bar mitzvah that he never had. “I’ve never done a surprise bar mitzvah,” said the rabbi, Joseph Potasnik, one of the hosts on “The Rev and the Rabbi” on WA...
The ceremony was a surprise to everyone, especially to the guest of honor. Ron Eliran, the Israeli “Ambassador of Song,” was getting the bar mitzvah that...
Eliran, who is known as Israel’s “Ambassador of Song,” has performed on Ed Sullivan’s show, with Harry Belafonte at Carnegie Hall, and with Joan Baez, Pete Seeger, Nina Simone and other stalwarts of the anti-Vietnam W...
Israeli performers, Yaffa Yarkoni (left) and Ron Eliran, perfor-ming on stage at the Palais (Palace) de Shallot in Paris, France, in 1958 during the 10th anniversary celebrations in honor of the State of Israel.
In 1947, Ron Eliran’s 13th birthday in the British Mandate of Palestine was canceled when the authorities called a curfew. Now, 77 years later, he is officially a man.
That has narrowed Eliran's professional options. "Ed Sullivan called me 'Israel's Ambassador of Song.' That made me very proud. But, today, I mostly perform for Israelis and American Jews."
