Abi Ofarim

Abi Ofarim (born Avraham Reichstadt; Hebrew: אבי עופרים; October 5, 1937 – May 4, 2018)[1][2] was an Israeli musician and dancer.

Abi Ofarim was born Avraham Reichstadt in Safed, Galilee, in what was then the British mandate of Palestine on October 5, 1937.

[5] He achieved international fame performing with her as a musical duo Esther & Abi Ofarim in the 1960s, playing the guitar and singing backing vocals.

Their greatest success in Germany came the next year with "Morning of my Life", written by the Bee Gees.

[6] In 1968, "Cinderella Rockefella" hit the top of the charts in a number of countries including the UK.

[7] The duo played live concerts in New York City and London, and they toured Europe before separating in 1969.

Beginning in April 2014, Ofarim ran a "Jugendzentrum für Senioren" ("Youth Center for Elderly People") in Munich, a social project against poverty and solitude of the elderly, together with his organization "Kinder von Gestern e. V." ("Children of Yesterday").

Abi & Esther Ofarim performing at the Grand Gala du Disque on March 8, 1968.