Rabbi Uri Zohar z"l has passed away

Legendary performer and still more legendary baal teshuvah has passed away at the age of 86.

Rabbi Zohar was born in Tel Aviv in 1935 to parents who were recent immigrants from Poland. He studied philosophy in Hebrew University and then began a hugely successful career in the performing arts, gaining renown as an actor, comedian, screenwriter and film director, alongside fellow artists such as Arik Einstein, Shalom Hanoch, and Jonathan Geffen.

Around a year before he became religious, Zohar won the Israel Prize, but refused to accept it.

On Thursday morning, Rabbi Zohar suffered a heart attack and passed away.

May his memory be for a blessing.