Hilla Ben Ari's art installation at Jerusalem's Ticho House echoes work of artist Moshe Reifer, fellow Kibbutz Yagur resident who loomed large

Government members fete famed lyricist's 'unique combination of love of country and love of his fellow person, of romance and of pain and always with humor'

Born in Kibbutz Yagur, he began writing poetry at the age of 7, publishing dozens of books alongside hundreds of songs