Kobi Oz is the lead singer of Israel

Israel

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i group Teapacks

Teapacks

Teapacks was an Israeli band that formed in 1988 in the southern Israeli city of Sderot. Originally the band was named after the correction fluid Tipp-Ex, but the name was then changed so as not to infringe on the well-known brand....

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Biography

Yaakov (Kobi) Oz was born in Sderot

Sderot

Sderot is a western Negev city in the Southern District of Israel. According to the Israel Central Bureau of Statistics , at the end of 2009 the city had a total population of 20,700. The city has been an ongoing target of Qassam rocket attacks from the Gaza Strip...

 to Tunisian Jewish

History of the Jews in Tunisia

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 parents. He began playing music and composing at the age of 15. He started out playing keyboards for the band Sfatayim

Sfatayim

Sfatayim is a rock band from Sderot, Israel. The name means Lips in English. The band is considered to have consolidated an Israeli Moroccan style, blending the music of the mostly Moroccan immigrants of Sderot with international rock. The lead singer was Haïm Ulliel....

, which performed traditional Moroccan

Morocco

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 music.

Oz is the author of two books: Petty Hoodlum (2002) and Moshe Chuato and the Raven (1996).

Oz organized a demonstration in 2007 to raise public awareness of the tragedy of his home town, which is constantly under missile attack

Qassam rocket

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 from the Gaza Strip

Gaza Strip

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. About 40,000 people came to Rabin Square

Rabin Square

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 in Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv , officially Tel Aviv-Yafo , is the second most populous city in Israel, with a population of 404,400 on a land area of . The city is located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline in west-central Israel. It is the largest and most populous city in the metropolitan area of Gush Dan, with...

to show solidarity with the inhabitants of Sderot.

In 2010, Oz released his second solo album, Mizmorey Nevochim (Psalms for the Perplexed).

Discography

• D'ma'ot veYam (Ocean and Tears), 2004
• Mizmorey Nevochim (Psalms for the Perplexed), 2010
• Mizmorim Nosafim (Some More Psalms), 2011

External links

• Teapacks
• Kobi Oz, Addicted to Pluralities, Kobi Oz, reveals a multi-faceted identity, Eretz Acheret Magazine
• Makom on Kobi Oz' Mizmorim Nevochim