Shaike Levi

Shaike" Levi ( , also 'Yishayahu'; born 1939, in Cairo , Egypt ) is an Israeli singer, comedian and actor.¹ He is best known for his membership in the Gashash HaHiver (HaGashash HaHiver) comedy trio.² Levi immigrated to Israel along with his mother and spent his adolescent years in a Kibbutz . Following military service in entertainment units he joined HaTarnegolim and afterwards joined the Gashash HaHiver trio (formed by Avraham Deshe ) together with Gavri Banai and Yisrael Poliakov , in late 1963. The team raised eleven comedy acts and participated in eleven films along with numerous festivals, musical recordings and television performances during a time span of 40 years. In 2000, the Gashash HaHiver trio which were long considered an inalienable asset of Israeli entertainment history was awarded the Israel Prize for lifetime achievements. Levi also portrayed small roles in Ephraim Kishon 's films Sallah Shabati and Ervinka and headed Israel's EMI Institution (Artists of Israel) between 1996-1999. In 1996 he came out with a biographical book titled 'Sipurim Im Rotev' (lit. 'Stories With Sauce'). Between 2003-2006 he portrayed Elvis Ben-David in Israeli productions based on the adaptation of the Mexican telenovela El Amor no es como lo pintan ("Love is not as they paint it") and also appeared in a solo stage act (Yeshayahu Chapter 2) and participated in a children's musical tape (Bamboni Ein Kamoni). According to publications, Shaike Levi and fellow "Gashash" Gavri Banai, have been enlisted for the second season of the television show Hakol Dvash ( , lit. The show, which included the third "Gashash", Yisrael Poliakov, has gained critical acclaim for its first season but has also saw the passing away of both Poliakov and Shosh Atari who portrayed the parents of the show's creator-writer, Yael Polyakov , who's the real life daughter of Yisrael. Gashahs HaHiver - There was an engine on Globes From Mourning to Celebration , Global Jewish Agenda magazine ( Jewish Agency for Israel ), May 11, 2000 שייקה וגברי יככבו ב"הכל דבש" , ענבל גזית, 04/03/2009³