Zehava

Last updated March 01, 2019

Zehava or Zahava (Hebrew: זֶהָבָה) is a Hebrew feminine given name that may refer to

Zehava Ben (born 1968), Israeli vocalist
Zahava Burack (1932–2001), American philanthropist
Zahava Elenberg, Australian architect
Zehava Gal, Israeli-born operatic mezzo-soprano
Zehava Gal-On (born 1956), Israeli politician
Zehava Shmueli (born 1955), Israeli long-distance runner

Zehava Ben is one of the most popular Israeli female vocalists in the Mizrahi music genre; the Middle Eastern-style of singing rising from Israel's Mizrahi Jewish population, dominating Israeli music in the 1990s and popular ever since.

Zahava Burack was a Jewish Holocaust survivor from Poland who went on to become a well-known philanthropist, community leader and political activist in the United States. During her childhood, she hid with her family for two and a half years in a crawlspace beneath the home of a Polish Catholic family. After the liberation of occupied Poland in 1945, she was smuggled to Israel, where she lived for twelve years, two of which she spent serving with the Haganah paramilitary organization. In 1958, Burack moved to the United States, where she worked with both American and Israeli politicians for Jewish causes.

Zahava Elenberg is an Australian architect. She co-founded Melbourne-based architecture practice Elenberg Fraser. Elenberg graduated with a Bachelor of Architecture in 1998 with first class honours and in 2003 was awarded the Telstra Young Business Woman of the Year. On 17 December 2003, following her Telstra award, Elenberg gave the keynote address to 5,600 graduates and 30,000 students, staff and guests at the RMIT University graduation ceremony at Telstra Dome.

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