“Akko, Salonika, Istanbul" - the Jerusalem Orchestra East & West hosting Yasmin Levy and Linet

 Levy is of Sephardic Jewish descent.^[1] Her parents were immigrants from Turkey.^[1] Her late father, Yitzhak Isaac Levy (1919–1977),^[2] was a composer and hazzan (cantor), as well as a pioneer researcher into the history of the Ladino music and culture of Spanish Jewry and its diaspora, being the editor of the Ladino language magazine Aki Yerushalayim.^[3]

Linet was born and raised in Israel.^[2] Her mother, Leyla Özgecan (also known as Leya Bonana Hebrew: לילה‎), was a Turkish classical music singer from Bursa.^[3] Her father, Shmuel Menashe, was a resident of Istanbul. She has two sisters.^[4]

Despite reports that she had served in the Israeli Army for 3 months,^[5][6] Linet stated in 2021 that she had avoided serving in the military, after which she became a resident in Turkey.^[7]

Arabesk Festival 2021: “Akko, Salonika, Istanbul" - the Jerusalem Orchestra East & West hosting Yasmin Levy and Linet (Turkey).

Arabesque Festival 2021: "Acre - Thessaloniki - Istanbul" - Jerusalem Orchestra East and West hosts Jasmine Levy and Lynette The Jerusalem East and West Orchestra conducted by maestro Tom Cohen in an exciting original production that brings together two huge Israeli divas who are internationally successful: the first, arrived in Turkey many years ago and today is the star of "Turkey" for everything, Lynette, and one of the most successful Israeli stars whose Ladino song is admired Much of the audience around the world - Jasmine Levy. Both together and separately will shake the strings of hearts from Acre through Thessaloniki to Istanbul. Photography, directing and editing: Avi Nishniver