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That day I went to find Egon, a German-born American poet with a beard down to his bellybutton. The song glorifies also the fresh air of the mountains, the scent of pine, the tinkling of bells in the evening dusk, all claiming with passion: your name burns on our lips, like the heat of a kiss. Shuli Nathan - Biography 1983). Once logged in, you can add biography in the database. Required fields are marked *. Shemer reached the pinnacle of her career in 1967 when she wrote the legendary "Jerusalem of Gold," regarded by many as Israel's second national anthem. . Having captured the hearts of millions of Israelis and friends of Israel worldwide, she went on to win the Israel Prize in 1987. The song was commissioned by then mayor of Jerusalem, Teddy Kollek, for the Israel Song Festival, and was performed by Shuli Natan. Happy Yom Yerushalayim! "A Walk to Caesarea"), which is universally associated with the Holocaust in Israel and was written by World War II resistance fighter Hannah Szenes in 1942.[15]. After the reunification of Yerushalayim, Naomi Shemer added new happier stanzas harkening back to her original lyrics but now the sun is shining and the shofar is blowing at the Kotel. Elliot Jager is a Jerusalem-based journalist, author, editor, and lecturer. The British left, the Jews declared an independent state, the Arabs attacked. document.getElementById( "ak_js_1" ).setAttribute( "value", ( new Date() ).getTime() ); This site uses Akismet to reduce spam. Shemer wrote and set hundreds of poems and prayers to music and composed music for poems written by the Israeli poetess Rachel and others who had a love for the land of Israel. She is best known for singing "Jerusalem of Gold" (Yerushalayim Shel Zahav), written by Naomi Shemer. Javascript is required to view shouts on this page. Shemer herself sang it for the troops before the war and the festival, making them among the first in the world to hear it. Go directly to shout page. Wonderfully poetic, and with great explanations. New Hebrew songs and Jewish traditional chants. Natan herself was full of trepidation. Without a plan or forethought, driven by centuries of longing and decades of strife and suffering, Israel also captured the Sinai from Egypt, the Golan Heights from which Syria had mercilessly shelled Israeli settlements in the north, and the West Bank from Jordan.