Yom Yerushalaim, Part 1

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Jerusalem the Golden

Today and tomorrow, Jerusalem is celebrating "Yom Yerushalaim - Jerusalem Day".

Yom Yerushalaim is the commemoration of defeating the Arab countries during the Six - Day - War (1967). Then, Jerusalem was liberated, checkpoints of the Jordanian occupation were taken down and for the first time after 1948, the Jews got free access to the Kotel (Western Wall).

Anyone calling himself Israeli and doesn't know Naomi Shemer cannot be considered being a REAL Israeli ! Naomi Shemer wrote the song "Yerushalaim shel Zahav - Jerusalem of Gold" . On May 15, 1967, one day after the Israeli Independence Day, the song was sung for the first time. The singer was the unknown Shuli Nathan and she sang it at an Israeli Music Festival.

"Yerushalaim shel Zahav" became the hymne of Jerusalem !

Shuli Nathan with her original version:




A modern version:




To some religious readers, this songs may be immodest but I am not forcing anyone to listen to them !