Praying for peace after the pogrom.
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309: Gali Atari, ‘Ein Li Eretz Aheret’ (‘I Have No Other Land’)
Israel is my home.
I have no other land.
282: Shuli Natan, ‘Jerusalem of Gold’ (Naomi Shemer)
The vibrations and the beauty that are so uniquely my Jerusalem.
Continue reading...154: Laura Nyro, ‘Save the Country’
And yet again my city is being bombarded by Hamas missiles, half a dozen since last night. Thanks to the IDF’s Iron Dome for watching over me physically and to Laura for watching over me spiritually.
Continue reading...109: Daniel Zamir, ‘Shir HaShomer’
Why does free jazz/Chabad soprano saxophonist Daniel Zamir draw materials from an old Israeli song glorifying a watchman from the 1930s? Why is today’s Israeli jazz a natural, organic expression of early Zionist settlement? Why is Jeff calling a 21-year old drummer a genius? The answer to these and many more questions in Song of The Week.
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