ex-Israeli (women) artists in new york

Keren Ann
soft nick drake music in English & French by an ex-israeli SoHo-Parisian singer-songwriter (of Jewish-Russian-Javanese-Dutch origins).
Her 2004 album was titled- Nolita (after the Manhatten neighborhood she lives in). [wiki ].
To listen to her music click on 'videos' in her site.
To enjoy some French sounds:

BIOGRAPHIE :
"Keren Ann Zeidel est née le 10 mars 1974 à Césarée en Israël. Elle grandit jusqu'à 11 ans en Hollande avant de venir s'installer à Paris. Son bac en poche, elle cherche son orientation future dans diverses branches (informatique, psychologie, etc) mais ne trouve un réel plaisir que dans l'écriture de chansons." (excerpt from this site).

Elinor Milchan
Tel-Aviv born, New York resident, interesting artist. Check out her work.

"Pictures from a war journal " is an article in an Israeli newspaper, written by Keren Ann with pictures by Elinor Milchan documented Keren Ann's tour with renowned Israeli singer-songwriter David Broza, in the north of Israel last summer at the time of the war with Lebanon. The two musicans sang for the people in the shelters and the soldiers.