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He played in the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre de la Ville de Paris and in the Th\u00e9\u00e2tre des Bouffes du Nord. He participated in many international festivals of music and story telling. He also created the\u00a0<em>\u00ab Yiddish Cabaret \u00bb<\/em>, a show of music and theatre, in the Centre Pompidou of Paris, and initiated the first international festival of Yiddish culture, also in Centre Pompidou.<br><br>Ben Zimet recorded many discs, alone or with the singer Talila, who was his partner. 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