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Dan Almagor Dan Almagor ( ; born 1935) is an Israeli playwright who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, including Shakespeare's " The Comedy of Errors ", " As You Like It ", " Fiddler on the Roof ," " The King and I ," " My Fair Lady " and " Guys and Dolls ". Almagor (born Dan Shmuel Elblinger) was born in Ramat Gan , Mandatory Palestine , but grew up in Rehovot . His father was an agronomist who left Warsaw for Palestine in 1923. His early songs, such as A Ballad for the Medic and Kol Ha’Kavod , celebrated Israeli macho culture and military heroism, but much of his later work is satiric and critical of Israeli society Almagor, Dan (1998-11-19).1 " "Barad yarad bidrom sfarad" How "The Rain in Spain" Fell in Eretz-Israel" . Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
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Dan Almagor Dan Almagor (born 1935) is an Israeli playwright who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, including Shakespeare's " The Comedy of Errors ", " Fiddler on the Roof ," " The King and I ," " My Fair Lady " and " Guys and Dolls ". Almagor (born Dan Shmuel Elblinger) was born in Ramat Gan , Israel , but grew up in Rehovot . His father was an agronomist who left Warsaw for Palestine in 1923. His early songs, such as A Ballad for the Medic and Kol Ha’Kavod , celebrated Israeli macho culture and military heroism, but much of his later work is satiric and critical of Israeli society Almagor, Dan (1998-11-19). " "Barad yarad bidrom sfarad" How "The Rain in Spain" Fell in Eretz-Israel" . Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
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Dan Almagor Dan Almagor (born 1935) is an Israeli playwright who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, including Shakespeare's " The Comedy of Errors ", " Fiddler on the Roof ," " The King and I ," " My Fair Lady " and " Guys and Dolls ". Almagor (born Dan Shmuel Elblinger) was born in Ramat Gan , Israel , but grew up in Rehovot . His father was an agronomist who left Warsaw for Palestine in 1923. His early songs, such as A Ballad for the Medic and Kol Ha’Kavod , celebrated Israeli macho culture and military heroism, but much of his later work is satiric and critical of Israeli society Almagor, Dan (1998-11-19). " "Barad yarad bidrom sfarad" How "The Rain in Spain" Fell in Eretz-Israel" . Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs .
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Israeli playwright Dan Almagor ( Hebrew : דן אלמגור ; born 13 July 1935) is an Israeli playwright , songwriter/poet and scholar who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, including Shakespeare's " The Comedy of Errors ", " As You Like It ", " Fiddler on the Roof ," " The King and I ," " My Fair Lady " and " Guys and Dolls ".Almagor is also a scholar in the field of Jewish music and the history of the Hebrew language , having studied the history of Jewish music dating back to the Middle Ages . " "Barad yarad bidrom sfarad" How "The Rain in Spain" Fell in Eretz-Israel" . Israeli Ministry of Foreign Affairs . " "אין לי הכישרון להופיע. ניגנתי פעם, טוב שלא שמעת את זה" " .
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