Noam Jacobson (Hebrew: נעם יעקובסון; born April 27, 1975) is a musician, singer, songwriter, and bandleader from Ramat Gan, Israel.[1]
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| Born | April 27, 1975 Petah Tikva, Israel |
Jacobson was born and raised in Petah Tikva. He studied at the Nachalim Yeshiva, Amit Gush Dan, Yeshivat Har Etzion, and Yeshivat Otniel. He served in the Golani Brigade as part of a Hesder program. After his military service, he worked as a tour guide. He studied at the Rimon School of Music, and concurrently pursued a bachelor's degree in musicology at Bar-Ilan University. During his studies, he collaborated with his teacher Riki Gal, and they co-wrote the song "At the End of the Day I Need You" which was released as a single in 2018 and included on her album Seeing the Years in 2009. Later, Gal participated on Jacobson's debut solo album.[2][3]
Jacobson is the lead singer and manager of the wedding band "Inyan Acher" (A Different Matter), which he founded with friends from the Rimon School of Music in 2000. The first wedding the band performed at was the daughter's wedding of Rabbi Menachem Froman, alongside Ehud Banai. In 2012, he released his first solo album titled "Arba'im Yom" (Forty Days).[2]
At the end of 2012, he began hosting a weekly radio show called "Mishchat HaKisaot" (The Chair Game) on Galei Tzahal (Israeli Army Radio) with Matan Tzur, a member of the band Anderdos. Since 2014, he has hosted the radio show "M'Matzav?" (What's Up?) with Gadi Weissbart on Galei Tzahal.
Jacobson is a regular on the Israeli satirical television program Latma where he plays such characters as Tawil Fadiha, the “Palestinian Minister of Uncontrollable Rage,”[4] and Rashid Hamumani, "Iranian minister of destruction."[5] He is also known for playing "Captain Stabbing" in the satirical video We Con the World.[6][7]
In September 2016, "STAYIN’ ALIVE" - an Israeli Satire-Comedy Show starring Jacobson and Gady Weissbart - started a world tour.[8][9]
References
edit- ^ http://www.jewishjournal.com/world/article/fighting_the_new_blood_libel_20091222/ Archived 2016-05-29 at the Wayback Machine December 22, 2009, Fighting the New Blood Libel, Lou Marano, Jewish Journal.
- ^ a b "דמותרבות". www.inn.co.il. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "חותר עם הגיטרה". כיפה (in Hebrew). 2012-04-05. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/141346 'Jihad Bells, Jihad Bells’ – Latest Satire from Israel's 'Latma' by Tzvi Ben Gedalyahu, Israel National News, December 26, 2010.
- ^ http://www.jpost.com/IranianThreat/News/Article.aspx?ID=185866 New spoof video targets Iran, Gil Hoffman, August 25, 2010, Jerusalem Post
- ^ "Israel News | The Jerusalem Post". www.jpost.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ "The World Today with Sally Sara". ABC listen. 2024-03-26. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
- ^ http://www.telfed.org.il/StayinAliveReview "STAYIN’ ALIVE" An Israeli Satire-Comedy Show
- ^ "- YouTube". www.youtube.com. Retrieved 2024-03-26.
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