Alma Zohar

Alma Zohar (; born June 6, 1977) is an Israeli musician and singer. At age 25, after divorcing her husband, Zohar decided to seriously pursue her childhood dreams and become a singer. She initially worked with a reggae band which recorded in English, but abandoned the project.

Alma Zohar is the half-sister of electronic musician Matan Zohar (a.k.a. Mat Zo).

Musical career

Her debut album, Speak (Dabri), released in July 2008 combined various musical genres, including world music, jazz, reggae, folk and rock. It has achieved gold status in Israel.

Zohar's third album Lechem, Ahava (Bread, Love) was released in late 2013, having been crowdfunded by her fans. Zohar performed one song in Israeli Arabic, and one song was dedicated to Rona Ramon, the widow of the first Israeli astronaut Ilan Ramon, who was killed in the Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.