Italian-born actress and singer Hana Rot has passed away about a month before her 81st birthday.
She was famous for her performances in the plays of Hanoch Levin, the movie "Alex Holeh Ahava" and the children's TV shows "Rechov Sumsum" and "Kol Shabbat Sheniya". She put out two albums of songs in Yiddish and Ladino, and researched Italian Jewish folksongs.