Ofir Ben-Shitrit

Ofir Ben Shitrit (; born 20 December 1995) is an Israeli Orthodox Jewish singer. She came to prominence in 2013 as a contestant on the reality singing competition The Voice Israel. She received additional media attention due to her religious background, which led to controversy and opposition in her Orthodox Jewish religious community. She launched her professional singing career in 2013, performing Hebrew, English, Arabic and Spanish songs and covers.

Early life and education Ben Shitrit was born to a religious Orthodox Jewish family in 1995. Shitrit graduated from her ulpana in spring 2013. 12th-grader appeared as one of 50 contestants on the show. One commentator dubbed her "the religious Rosa Parks", noting that she had become "an icon and a figure for thousands of girls who look at you and see the fulfillment of their dreams in poetry, dance and theater", as well as "a symbol of the collision between the binding law of God (so to speak) and the realization of freedom and creativity". Ben Shitrit received support from Minister of Education Naftali Bennett, a Religious Zionist himself, who praised her voice on his Facebook page.

In December 2013, the Jewish Orthodox Feminist Alliance invited Ben Shitrit to New York City to sing at its international conference. The organization posted her name and face on a billboard in Times Square saluting the "key personalities at the forefront of the Orthodox feminist movement".

Personal life She married Israeli photographer Harel Amsalem in March 2016. In June 2017 the couple had their first child, a boy.