Ari Goldwag's Jewish Music Podcast

Jerusalem of Gold

05.21.2012 - By Ari GoldwagPlay

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In honor of today being Yom Yerushalayim, Ari Goldwag released this version of 'Yerusholayim Shel Zahav' composed by Naomi Shemer in 1967. The original song described the Jewish people’s 2000-year longing to return to Jerusalem; Shemer added a final verse after the Six-Day War to celebrate Jerusalem’s re-unification, after 19 years of Jordanian occupation.

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