Sarit Hadad (Hebrew: שרית חדד‎, Hebrew pronunciation: [saˈrit ħaˈdad]) (born on September 20, 1978) is an acclaimed Israeli singer. In October 2009, the Israeli Music TV Channel (Channel 24) crowned Hadad "best female singer of the 2000s".[1] Sarit Hadad is a judge in the inaugural season of The Voice Israel on Israeli television. Hadad was born as Sarah Khudadatov (Hebrew: שרה חודדטוב) in the town of Afula, Israel in a large traditional Mountain Jewish family that later moved to the city of Hadera.