Anecdotes

She received an honorary award from Bar-Ilan University for her contribution to Hebrew song.

On November 13, 2007, she received the Akum Lifetime Achievement Award.

Neomi Polani was an Israeli musical director, theater director, singer, producer, actress and dancer.

In April 2018, she received a special honor from President Reuven Rivlin at the 70th Independence Day ceremony at the President's Residence.

In 2017, a tribute evening was held in her honor on her 90th birthday at the Ein Gev Festival.

She was the Israel Prize laureate for Theater and Dance in 2019. Education Minister Naftali Bennett informed Polani that she had won the Israel Prize for 5779 in the field of theater and dance: "Her rich cultural work has given us dozens of dance, theater and music works. Naomi, who was one of the stars of the Palmach troupe during the War of Independence, is a true cultural warrior.".

Polani founded the singing group "HaTarnegolim" ("The Roosters") in 1960, in charge of musical and acting direction and choreography. They were referred to in The Jerusalem Post as "one of the most exciting things that ever happened to Israeli pop. They brought us some of the greatest hits of all times".

She was mainly identified as the director of the military bands in their early days.

Polani received the Moshe Halevi Theater Arts Prize from the Tel Aviv Municipality in 2001.

Polani, an acting and dance student, joined the Palmach, the elite fighting force of the Haganah military underground in the 40s, and founded and performed in the Palmach's entertainment troupe. She continued to create and direct army bands after the founding of the state and became known as the "mother of IDF bands,".