Sarit Hadad comes out as lesbian, reveals partner in new song

Singer Sarit Hadad has come out of the closet at age 43 and exposed her relationship with her partner of the past few years, Tamar Yahalomi in a song entitled “A Love Like Ours.” The song was written by Yahalomi and Yonatan Klieman.

“I have not been touched the way you touched me in years, what is inside cannot be explained even by a thousand songs, as soon as you came every moment with you beats everything in life,” sings Hadad in the newly released song.

Hadad, an Israeli icon, showed great musical promise from childhood but struggled against her restrictive parents who attempted to prevent her from perusing a career in music.

Now popular with the Israeli public, she enjoys a unique status as a ground-breaking performer of pop and Mizrahi music.

Hadad’s musical repertoire includes iconic songs such as “lech habaita motti” (Go home, Motti), “kmo  cinderella” (like cinderella), “hagiga” (celebration) and “bahom shel tel aviv” (in the heat of tel aviv). Many of her songs carried romantic (heterosexual) tones, and are party classics, but she never married and had her first child at 38.

Hadad didn’t disclose the father’s identity, raising rumours it may have been a sperm donation. Two years ago, Hadad gave birth to a second daughter. 

The mizrahi singer has collaborated with countless Israeli musicians including Shimon Buskila, Ehud Manor, Tzvika Pik, Subliminal, Ivri Lider and Eyal Golan. She mentored on the popular music show “The Voice” and won several awards for her 23 albums.

“You touched me, Sarit Hadad, you certainly touched me,” said Health Minister Nitzan Horowitz on Twitter.

“It is so important what you are saying to your girls and to everyone: anyone can be what they want, with who they want and how they want.