Yoni Rechter

Acting

Yoni Rechter

Born 1951-11-18 · Tel Aviv, Israel

Yonatan (Yoni) Rechter was born in Tel Aviv, Israel. He is the son of Israeli architect Ya'akov Rechter and stepson of Israeli actress Hanna Meron.[1] He attended Tichon Hadash high school. At sixteen, he composed the music for the hit song "Tears of Angels" (דמעות של מלאכים, "Dma'ot Shel Mal'achim"), written by his high school classmate Dan Minster.[2] Rechter served in the Israeli Artillery Corps band. In 1972, after his release from the army he joined the Israeli band Kaveret as a keyboardist, collaborating withGidi Gov, Danny Sanderson, Alon Ole'archick and others.[3] He stayed with the group until it disbanded in 1976. Rechter is married to Dafna, a former art teacher, with whom he has two sons.

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The songs "The 16th Sheep" and "This Kid Is Me", along with the children's songs of Arik Einstein, Chava Alberstein, Matti Caspi and others, have long been Israeli classics. Almost everyone can quote at least a line or two from "The Prettiest Girl in the Kindergarten", "Closed Kindergarten", "Lightning and Thunder", and "How is a Song Born"; Or close your eyes and see in your mind's eye the painted windows in the series "And This Kid", in which Yehuda Atlas told us in honest and touching verses, what the world of a child really looks like. Through interviews with Yehonatan Geffen, Yehuda Atlas, Yoni Rechter, Chava Alberstein, Matti Caspi and others, the film brings the untold story of the creation of the children's songs we grew up with. Along with the interviews, home movies and archive materials are shown, and the viewer embarks on a musical journey to the early days of the "me" generation.

Most of All, I Love Me

2015

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Forty-eight years have passed since The Sixteenth Sheep (HaKeves HaShisha Asar) first came into the world, a one-of-a-kind creation born from the extraordinary collaboration between Yehonatan Geffen, who wrote the lyrics, and Yoni Rechter, who composed the music. They were joined by Gidi Gov, Yehudit Ravitz, and David Broza. Over the years, the album became a landmark of Israeli culture, with its songs and melodies passed down as an emotional inheritance from parents to children and grandchildren. The Sixteenth Sheep: The Reunion follows the preparations for the historic reunion concert, which took place during the turbulent days we all experienced, the performance itself, and above all, the overwhelming emotion it inspires in audiences.

The Sixteenth Sheep: The Reunion

2026

Cables poster
6.5

A comedy about changes in the life of Israeli family after they get a cable TV with a lot of channels.

Cables

1992

The Troupe poster
7.8

The movie, set in the Israeli 1969 War of Attrition, tells the story of a prestigious military band, and the tensions and ego crises new band members cause when joining the band. Will the band survive?

The Troupe

1978

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NR

A documentary following Kaveret's last tour.

A Bag of Sentiments

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In the summer of 1990, six years after the first and successful reunion of Kaveret, the band members reunited for another concert tour under the title "Kaveret Returns". The film "Kaveret - Photos from the Life of a Band", released in 1992, documented this concert tour held in Yehoshua Gardens Park in Tel Aviv, in Caesarea Amphitheater, in Arad and in Eilat. The late director Zvi Shissel accompanied the members of the band on their journey across the country, heard stories and memories from them from the beginning of the journey and documented Kaveret on stage and behind the scenes.

Kaveret: Pictures from the Life of a Band

1992

Kaveret at the Park - The Last Show poster
NR

The last show of the successful Israeli band "Kaveret", held and shot in The Yarkon park in Tel Aviv.

Kaveret at the Park - The Last Show

2013

Like Adults poster
8.0

"Kemo gedolim" is a collection of well known Israeli, children songs sang by Ariḳ Ainshṭain and others. In between the songs embedded short skits starring Moni Moshonov and Tsevi Shisel , who embody two porters hauling a giant crate up a winding staircase and unexpectedly run into Ariḳ, a group of kids, jugglers, clowns and storytellers emerging from the crate. The two, try to do their job faithfully but occasionally they also try to sing, dance and play, which creates a variety of funny moments.

Like Adults

1991

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9.0

The film documents Kaveret's 1998 reunion called 'Kaveret In The Park' (Kaveret BaPark), including interviews with the band members and the rehearsals.

Kaveret in the Park

1998

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Like Adults - Part Two

1991

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Like Adults - Part One

1991