Nava Barak-Singer

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Nava Barak-Singer
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Nava Barak-Singer, 2018
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Israel
In role
6 July 1999 – 7 March 2001
Prime MinisterEhud Barak
Preceded bySara Netanyahu
Personal details
Born
Nava Cohen

(1947-04-08)8 April 1947
Tiberias, Israel
Spouse(s)
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(m. 1969; div. 2003)​
Shalom Singer
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(m. 2009)​
Children3
Alma materHebrew University of Jerusalem
OccupationEnglish teacher

Nava Barak-Singer (Hebrew: נאוה ברק-זינגר; née Cohen; April 8, 1947) is an Israeli educator and social activist. She was the wife of Ehud Barak between 1969–2003 and thus was also the Spouse of the prime minister of Israel between 1999–2001 [1]

Biography[]

Nava Cohen was born in Tiberias. Her father was the manager of a branch of Bank Leumi and her mother worked for the Jewish Agency. She served in the Israel Defense Forces in the Intelligence Corps.[2]

In the winter of 1968, she met her future husband, Ehud Barak (then Brug),[2] at one of the libraries of the Hebrew University when Nava was a student studying English literature and Ehud was an officer with the rank of major who studied mathematics and physics.[2] She graduated with a B.A in English and Arabic literature and then worked as an English teacher in a middle school in Kfar Saba.

The wedding of Nava Cohen and Ehud Barak was held on March 25, 1969, at the Ginaton Hotel in Tiberias. After the wedding, the newlyweds settled in Kiryat Hayovel in Jerusalem.[3]

Spouse of the prime minister of Israel[]

During Ehud Barak's tenure as Israeli Prime Minister (1999–2001), she chose not to officially hold public roles and concentrated on volunteering to help youth in distress. During this period, she began assisting the activities of the Elem Association for Youth at Risk and the establishment of several projects: Hafuch al Hafuch cafes for meetings between youth and professionals, the Supervision Patrol Project for locating at-risk youth and a project for education for proper relationships in schools. In addition, she helped organizations such as Israel Cancer Association, Israel AIDS Task force, Tel Hashomer Hospital, Rabin Medical Center and the Association for Children with Down Syndrome. Following the attack on the children's bus in Kfar Darom, she raised money for a fund set up to help the injured.[4]

Private life[]

From her marriage to Ehud Barak, she is the mother of three daughters. In 2003, after 34 years of marriage, Nava and Ehud Barak separated. On July 7, 2009, she remarried to businessman Shalom Singer.

Barak is paid as president of the Elem Association and on a voluntary basis the president of the Friends of Rabin Medical Center Association.

References[]

  1. ^ "אחרי 34 שנות נישואים: אהוד ונאוה ברק נפרדים". ynet.co.il. Retrieved 2021-07-31.
  2. ^ a b c אילן בן עמי, האישה שאיתו, 2010, עמ' 227
  3. ^ אילן בן עמי, האישה שאיתו, 2010, עמ' 228
  4. ^ "nrg/online/archive/ART/101/338". makorrishon.co.il. Retrieved 2021-07-31.

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