OBITUARIES
OF BLESSED MEMORY

60 | SEPTEMBER 28 • 2023 
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Veteran Hasidic Singer Dedi Passes Away at 62

Dedi Graucher, a well-known Hasidic 
superstar whose songs topped Jewish 
music charts in the ’90s, passed away Sept. 
11, 2023, at the age of 62 after battling a 
serious illness.
Graucher’s star began rising after the 
release of his album Ratza in collaboration 
with Yossi Green, with the album’s nearly 
nine-minute-long title track making the 
Israeli born Graucher a household name.
He headlined multiple concerts over the 
course of his career, and his albums, which 
included Bitchu Bashem, Hakol Letova, 
Dedi and Yonatan, and Miami & Dedi, 
sold tens of thousands of copies. 
Graucher performed alongside 
Mordechai Ben David and Avraham Fried 
at what is considered to be the greatest 
concert in the history of Chasidic music at 
Yarkon Park in Tel Aviv in 1996, with over 
100,000 people in attendance.

News of the singer turned business-
man’s passing made waves on social 
media. Former Israeli ambassador 
David Friedman, a cousin of Graucher’s, 
described him on Twitter as “one of Israel’s 
most talented and successful singers” and 
a “Baal Chesed of enormous magnitude.”
“Most will never know of all his acts of 
kindness,” tweeted Friedman.
A statement released by Israeli Prime 

Minister Benjamin Netanyahu described 
Graucher as the epitome of one who loves 
their fellow Jew, using his talents to light 
up hearts and to spread joy.
“Dedi accompanied my children 
through their journey to adulthood and 
was with us in both moments of joy and 
sadness,” wrote Netanyahu. “
All he had 
to do was walk into the room and we all 
broke out in tremendous smiles.

“Who didn’t love Dedi, his amazing 
soul and the light that shone from him? 
We cry tonight with Malka and the chil-
dren — Tzipora Miriam, Michal Chana, 
Shira, Shani Yaffa, Shai Meir, Avraham 
Elimelech, Natan Yair, Renana Zahava, 
Yaakov Dov and Aviel — and the many 
people who knew this wonderful, good 
man. Our family has lost a dear friend that 
we will never forget. May his memory be a 
blessing.” 

SANDY ELLER VINNEWS

Dedi 
Graucher

