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The Israeli Song Festival in Jerusalem on May 15, 1967, marked the debut of a popular song that soon became Israel’s unofficial second national anthem: Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold). The song wasn’t one of the contestants in the festival. Instead, Jerusalem mayor Teddy Kollek had commissioned it from popular songwriter Naomi Shemer. Shemer […]
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From lamentation to triumphalism: the story behind ‘Jerusalem of Gold,’ Israel’s second national anthem
June 23rd, 2017 
Awake Goy 
Posted in World News 
Tags: behind, israel, Jerusalem, lamentation, second, story, triumphalism 
No Comments »French senators visit Moscow to iron out France’s ‘schizophrenic’ relations with Russia
December 18th, 2015 Awake Goy A group of French parliamentarians have traveled to Moscow to push for greater dialogue between France and Russia. A group of 17 French deputies and senators have traveled to Moscow for talks with Russian officials, Le Point newspaper reported on Thursday. Two of the politicians are representatives of the Union of Democrats and Independents […]
