Live Israeli Singer in Los Angeles

No processional runs to a stopwatch, which is why the ceremony is where a live voice earns its place. The singer watches the aisle, stretches a verse while the grandparents make their way down, and brings the song home as you reach the canopy — timing a recorded track cannot follow.

Many couples walk in to “Dodi Li” or “Erev Shel Shoshanim”, and “Im Eshkachech” is often sung just before the glass is broken. You choose the songs that mean something to your families; we help you place each one, and the singer prepares it for the pace of your ceremony.

Your officiant or rabbi leads the ceremony itself; the singer performs in the moments set aside for music, right through to the recessional once the glass breaks and the whole room calls out mazal tov.

When the ceremony ends, the singer can follow your guests into cocktail hour. Softer Israeli classics and Hebrew love songs suit the first glass of wine, and an acoustic guitar, oud, piano or violin beside the singer turns a corner of the terrace into a small live room.

Dinner calls for warmth rather than volume. The singer keeps the level low enough for every table to talk, mixes a Hebrew ballad for the older guests with a few English favorites for your friends, and hands the room to the DJ when it is time to dance.

On the dance floor, the singer and the DJ work as one act. The DJ holds the beat, the mixes and the pace; the singer rides on top with the Israeli pop and Mizrahi songs your guests shout back, so the floor gets a live voice without losing a second of momentum.

The hora is built, not just played. It opens gently enough to draw both families into the circle, then gathers pace until the couple is up on the chairs above the room — whether your family's hora is “Hava Nagila” or the newest Israeli dance hit.

For more drive, add a live drummer, a favorite at Israeli weddings, or a darbuka player beside the DJ booth. For a Mizrahi set, an oud or a bouzouki next to the singer gives the songs their traditional color.

A Bar or Bat Mitzvah has its own big moments, and a live Israeli singer can carry several of them. The singer can bring the family into the room for the grand entrance, then give each candle-lighting group a song of its own — a Hebrew classic for the grandparents, something lighter for the cousins, a pop chorus for the friends from school.

The hora follows, with the guest of honor up on the chair and the singer and DJ pushing the tempo. Later, the singer can return for a short Israeli set while an MC and our party motivators keep the games, contests and dances moving.

Ofek Ben Harush is a live Israeli singer on the On Air Productions LA roster — the singer pictured on this page in front of a white floral wedding canopy. His profile page has live performance video and stage photos, the quickest way to hear whether his is the voice you want for your ceremony or your dance floor.

To book Ofek, tell us your date, your venue and the moments you have in mind for him. We check his availability for that date first, plan his songs with you, and build the rest of the night around him — the DJ, a live drummer, an MC, an LED wall or lighting.

A Jewish wedding in Los Angeles often brings together relatives who know every Hebrew word and friends hearing the songs for the first time. The music can welcome both without watering down either.

We plan the language as carefully as the songs: Hebrew where it carries the meaning — the chuppah, the hora, the family moments — and English where it brings the whole room in, such as a first dance or a dinner set. Our live singers also perform pop, R&B, jazz, Latin and Broadway, and we match each song to the right voice on the roster.

DJ Gilad Emesh works in Hebrew and English, and for Bar and Bat Mitzvahs an MC in Hebrew and English is available, so introductions and announcements land with both sides of the family.