http://blogs.jta.org/ENTRY_PERMALINK_HERE/jo-amar-acclaimed-sephardic-singer-dies/ Moroccan singer Jo Amar passed away last week in New York at 79. Amar was an Israeli icon who emigrated to the Jewish state in the 1950s and is credited with being a pioneer of the style of music known today as mizrahi. en-us bharris@jta.org Copyright 2009 2009-06-30T;21:02:00-05:00