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Jerusalem of Gold" (Hebrew: ירושלים של זהב, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) is an Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer. Often contrasted to Israel's national anthem, Hatikva , the original song expressed the deep longing of many Jews to return to Jerusalem 's Old City and eastern areas.
Naomi Shemer's childhood home in Kvutzat Kinneret. This was one of the first 3 houses to be built and populated in 1929. Naomi Shemer (Hebrew: נעמי שמר; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading [1] Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry."
She achieved fame with a heartfelt rendition of "Jerusalem of Gold" in 1967. [2] In 1968, she began to collaborate with Nechama Hendel . Her 1999 CD Open Roads includes covers of songs which were popular in Israel at the time, such as David D'Or 's "Watch Over Us, Child" and Rami Kleinstein's "Never-Ending Miracles".
"Yerushalayim shel zahav" (Hebrew: ירושלים של זהב, "Jerusalem of Gold") by Naomi Shemer, performed by Shuli Natan, Ofra Haza and many others "Lakh Yerushalayim" (Hebrew: לך ירושלים, "For You, Jerusalem")
In 2005, "Pello Joxepe" became known worldwide, when it was published that the melody of the Israeli song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold") was partially inspired by its melody. The Spanish singer Paco Ibáñez offered a concert in Israel in 1962, where the famous Israeli songwriter and singer Naomi Shemer could hear the lullaby.
Hendel became world-famous with her smash hit "Machar" ("Tomorrow") composed by Naomi Shemer featured on the "Jerusalem of Gold" album. [3] She recorded many more of Shemer's songs. Hendel recorded not only in Hebrew , but in Yiddish as well and was one of the artists included on a Yiddish compilation called " Songs of The Vilna Ghetto " for ...
This inspired him to write the song "Yerushalayim Shel Barzel" ("Jerusalem of Iron"). [2] The song was based on Naomi Shemer's hit song "Jerusalem of Gold", and borrowed its melody (in turn borrowed from the Basque folk song "Pello Joxepe"). It was his reaction to what he saw as the hyper-patriotism of the Israeli public and media of that time.
On 15 May 1967 the first public performance of Naomi Shemer's classic song "Jerusalem of Gold" took place and over the next few weeks it dominated the Israeli airwaves. Two days later Syria, Egypt, and Jordan amassed troops along the Israeli borders, and Egypt closed the Straits of Tiran to Israeli shipping.