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List of songs about Jerusalem

Index List of songs about Jerusalem

This is a list of songs about Jerusalem, including major parts of the city such as individual neighborhoods and sections. [1]

114 relations: "Galway Joe" Dolan, Abie Rotenberg, Abrahamic religions, Alan Menken, Alexander Rosenbaum, Alpha Blondy, Alphaville (band), Amal Arafa, Amedeo Minghi, Amr Diab, Anouk (singer), Anoushka (Egyptian singer), Antje Duvekot, Army of Lovers, Astral Doors, Avigdor Hameiri, Avihu Medina, Avraham Fried, Battle of Ammunition Hill, Beitar Jerusalem F.C., Birkat Hamazon, Black Sabbath, Blind Guardian, Blue Fringe, Boney M., Bruce Dickinson, Central Command (Israel), Chris de Burgh, Christy Moore, Country Yossi, Dan Almagor, Dan Bern, David, Don McLean, East Jerusalem, Edguy, Emerson, Lake & Palmer, Esther Ofarim, Etti Ankri, Eurovision Song Contest, Eurovision Song Contest 1999, Fairuz, Germany, Glykeria, Hadag Nahash, Hakim (Egyptian singer), Hany Shaker, Hapoel Jerusalem F.C., Harel Skaat, Hatikvah, ..., Hisham Abbas, Ilana Avital, International Convention Center (Jerusalem), Israel, Israel Defense Forces, Itzik Kala, Izhar Cohen, Jerusalem, Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light), Jerusalem (Steve Earle album), Jerusalem of Gold, Jewish prayer, Jordan, Joseph Israel, Judah Halevi, Julia Boutros, Kathem Al-Saher, Kenneth Lampl, King David (musical), L'Shana Haba'ah, Latifa (singer), Lauryn Hill, Lekhah Dodi, Matisyahu, Max Herre, Meir Ariel, Melechesh, Miami Boys Choir, Mirah, Mordechai Ben David, Mount Scopus, My Jerusalem, Naomi Shemer, Nationalism, Nurit Hirsh, O Jerusalem!, Ofra Haza, Old City (Jerusalem), Paul Simon, Psalms, Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat, Rivers of Babylon, Robin Mark, Russian language, Sürpriz, Shuli Natan, Shwekey, Simon Finn (musician), Sinéad O'Connor, Six-Day War, Steve Earle, Sting (musician), Tanakh, Tel Aviv, Theocracy, Tim Rice, U2, White Heart, Yehoram Gaon, Yoram Taharlev, Zamir Chorale of Boston, Zemirot, Zena McNally, Zionism. Expand index (64 more) »

"Galway Joe" Dolan

Joseph "Galway Joe" Dolan (c. 1942 – 7 January 2008) was an Irish musician, songwriter and artist.

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Abie Rotenberg

Abie Rotenberg (אברהם רוטנברג) is a prolific Orthodox Jewish musician, composer and entertainer from Toronto, Ontario, Canada.

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Abrahamic religions

The Abrahamic religions, also referred to collectively as Abrahamism, are a group of Semitic-originated religious communities of faith that claim descent from the practices of the ancient Israelites and the worship of the God of Abraham.

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Alan Menken

Alan Irwin Menken (born July 22, 1949) is an American musical theatre and film score composer and pianist.

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Alexander Rosenbaum

Alexander Yakovlevich Rosenbaum PAR (Александр Яковлевич Розенбаум, Aleksandr Jakovlevič Rozyenbaum) (born September 13, 1951 in Leningrad, Soviet Union) is a Soviet and Russian bard from Saint Petersburg.

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Alpha Blondy

Alpha Blondy (born Seydou Koné; 1 January 1953 in Dimbokro, Ivory Coast) is a reggae singer and international recording artist.

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Alphaville (band)

Alphaville is a German synthpop/new wave band which gained popularity in the 1980s.

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Amal Arafa

Amal Arafa (أمل عرفة) (born 18 March 1970) is a Syrian actress, singer, and writer.

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Amedeo Minghi

Amedeo Minghi (born 12 August 1947) is an Italian singer-songwriter, composer and producer.

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Amr Diab

Amr Abd El-Basset Abd El-Azeez Diab (عمرو عبد الباسط عبد العزيز دياب) (born October 11, 1961) is an Egyptian vocalist and writer.

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Anouk (singer)

Anouk Teeuwe (born 8 April 1975), professionally known by the mononym Anouk, is a Dutch singer-songwriter and record producer.

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Anoushka (Egyptian singer)

Wartanoush Garbis Selim (born in Cairo, Egypt on March 9, 1960), better known by her stage name Anoushka (in Egyptian Arabic أنوشكا), is an Egyptian singer and actress.

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Antje Duvekot

Antje Duvekot (born 1976) is a singer-songwriter and guitarist based in Somerville, Massachusetts.

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Army of Lovers

Army of Lovers is a Swedish dance music group which formed in 1987 and had a number of hits in Europe throughout the 1990s with songs such as "Crucified", which was number one on the Eurochart for eight consecutive weeks.

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Astral Doors

Astral Doors is a Swedish heavy metal band formed in 2002.

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Avigdor Hameiri

Avigdor Hameiri (Hebrew: אביגדור המאירי; September 16, 1890 - April 3, 1970) was an Israeli author.

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Avihu Medina

Avihu Medina (אביהו מדינה, born August 19, 1948 in Tel Aviv) is an Israeli composer, arranger, songwriter, and singer of Mediterranean Israeli music.

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Avraham Fried

Avraham Shabsi Hakohen Friedman (born March 22, 1959) better known by his stage name, Avraham Fried, is a popular musical entertainer in the Orthodox Jewish community.

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Battle of Ammunition Hill

Ammunition Hill (גבעת התחמושת, Giv'at HaTahmoshet) was a fortified Jordanian military post in the northern part of Jordanian-ruled East Jerusalem and the western slope of Mount Scopus.

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Beitar Jerusalem F.C.

Beitar Jerusalem Football Club (מועדון כדורגל בית"ר ירושלים; Moadon Kaduregel Beitar Yerushalayim), commonly known as Beitar Jerusalem, or simply as Beitar, is an Israeli professional football club based in the city of Jerusalem.

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Birkat Hamazon

Birkat Hamazon or Birkat Hammazon, known in English as the Grace After Meals (בענטשן; translit. bentshn or "to bless", Yinglish: Benching), is a set of Hebrew blessings that Jewish Halakha ("collective body of Jewish religious laws") prescribes following a meal that includes at least a ke-zayit (olive sized) piece of bread or matzoh made from one or all of wheat, barley, rye, oats, spelt.

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Black Sabbath

Black Sabbath were an English rock band, formed in Birmingham in 1968, by guitarist and main songwriter Tony Iommi, bassist and main lyricist Geezer Butler, drummer Bill Ward and singer Ozzy Osbourne.

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Blind Guardian

Blind Guardian is a German power metal band formed in 1984 in Krefeld, West Germany.

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Blue Fringe

Blue Fringe was an American Jewish rock band from New York City.

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Boney M.

Boney M. was a Euro-Caribbean vocal group created by German record producer Frank Farian.

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Bruce Dickinson

Paul Bruce Dickinson (born 7 August 1958) is an English singer, songwriter, musician, airline pilot, entrepreneur, author and broadcaster.

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Central Command (Israel)

The Israeli Central Command (פיקוד מרכז, Pikud Merkaz), often abbreviated to Pakmaz (פקמ"ז), is a regional command of the Israel Defense Forces.

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Chris de Burgh

Christopher John Davison (born 15 October 1948), known professionally as Chris de Burgh, is a British-Irish singer-songwriter and instrumentalist.

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Christy Moore

Christopher Andrew "Christy" Moore (born 7 May 1945) is an Irish folk singer, songwriter and guitarist.

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Country Yossi

Yossi (Joseph) Toiv (born January 9, 1949), known professionally as Country Yossi, is an American Orthodox Jewish composer, singer, radio show host, author, and magazine publisher.

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Dan Almagor

Dan Almagor (born 1935) is an Israeli playwright who has adapted and translated over a hundred plays for the Hebrew stage, including Shakespeare's "The Comedy of Errors", "As You Like It", "Fiddler on the Roof," "The King and I," "My Fair Lady" and "Guys and Dolls".

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Dan Bern

Dan Bern (also known as Bernstein; born July 27, 1965) is an American guitarist, singer, songwriter, novelist and painter.

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David

David is described in the Hebrew Bible as the second king of the United Kingdom of Israel and Judah.

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Don McLean

Donald McLean III (born October 2, 1945) is an American singer-songwriter.

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East Jerusalem

East Jerusalem or Eastern Jerusalem is the sector of Jerusalem that was occupied by Jordan in 1948 and had remained out of the Israeli-held West Jerusalem at the end of the 1948–49 Arab–Israeli War and has been occupied by Israel since the 1967 Arab-Israeli War.

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Edguy

Edguy is a power metal band from Fulda, Germany that was formed in 1992.

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Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Emerson, Lake & Palmer (ELP) were an English progressive rock supergroup formed in London in 1970.

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Esther Ofarim

Esther Zaied, better known by her married name Esther Ofarim (אסתר עופרים; born June 13, 1941), is an Israeli singer.

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Etti Ankri

Esther "Etti" Ankri (אתי אנקרי, also spelled "Eti" or "Etty," and "Ankari"; born 1963) is an Israeli singer-songwriter.

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Eurovision Song Contest

The Eurovision Song Contest (Concours Eurovision de la chanson), often simply called Eurovision, is an international song competition held primarily among the member countries of the European Broadcasting Union.

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Eurovision Song Contest 1999

The Eurovision Song Contest 1999 was the 44th edition of the annual Eurovision Song Contest.

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Fairuz

Nouhad Wadie' Haddad (نهاد وديع حداد) (born November 21, 1935), known as Fairuz (فيروز), also spelled Fairouz, Feyrouz or Fayrouz, is a Lebanese singer who is one of the most admired and influential singers in the Arab world.

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Germany

Germany (Deutschland), officially the Federal Republic of Germany (Bundesrepublik Deutschland), is a sovereign state in central-western Europe.

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Glykeria

Glykeria (born Glykeria Kotsoula, Γλυκερία; born 16 November 1953 in Agio Pnevma, Serres) is a Greek singer active in Greece and Cyprus, while also gaining fame in Israel, France, Turkey, Spain, and England.

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Hadag Nahash

Hadag Nahash (הדג נחש) is an Israeli hip hop/funk band, founded in 1996 in Jerusalem.

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Hakim (Egyptian singer)

Abdel Hakim Abdel Samad Kamel (عبد الحكيم عبد الصمد كامل) (born October 7, 1962) is an Egyptian folk-singer.

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Hany Shaker

Hany Shaker (هانى شاكر,; born December 21, 1952 in Cairo) is an Egyptian singer, actor and composer.

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Hapoel Jerusalem F.C.

Hapoel Jerusalem Football Club (מועדון כדורגל הפועל ירושלים, Mo'adon Kadouregel Hapoel Yerushalayim) is an Israeli football club in Liga Alef.

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Harel Skaat

Harel Skaat (הראל סקעת, born 8 August 1981) sometimes known by the mononym Harel is an Israeli singer and songwriter.

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Hatikvah

"Hatikvah" (הַתִּקְוָה,, الأمل, lit. English: "The Hope") is a Jewish poem and the national anthem of Israel.

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Hisham Abbas

Mohammad Hisham Mahmoud Mohammad Abbas (محمد هشام محمود محمد عباس; born September 13, 1963), commonly known as just Hisham Abbas (هشام عباس), is an Egyptian pop singer best known for his hit song "Habibi Dah (Nari Narain)" and his religious song "Asmaa Allah al-husna".

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Ilana Avital

Ilana Avital (born February 18, 1960) is an Israeli singer and actress.

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International Convention Center (Jerusalem)

The International Convention Center (מרכז הקונגרסים הבינלאומי, Merkaz HaKongresim HaBeinLeumi), commonly known as Binyenei HaUma (בנייני האומה, lit. Buildings of the nation), is a concert hall and convention center in Giv'at Ram in Jerusalem.

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Israel

Israel, officially the State of Israel, is a country in the Middle East, on the southeastern shore of the Mediterranean Sea and the northern shore of the Red Sea.

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Israel Defense Forces

The Israel Defense Forces (IDF; צְבָא הַהֲגָנָה לְיִשְׂרָאֵל, lit. "The Army of Defense for Israel"; جيش الدفاع الإسرائيلي), commonly known in Israel by the Hebrew acronym Tzahal, are the military forces of the State of Israel.

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Itzik Kala

Itzik Kala is an Israeli singer of Assyrian-Jew descent who sings in Aramaic, Kurdish and Hebrew.

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Izhar Cohen

Izhar Cohen (יזהר כהן; born March 13, 1951) is an Israeli singer who won the 1978 Eurovision Song Contest.

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Jerusalem

Jerusalem (יְרוּשָׁלַיִם; القُدس) is a city in the Middle East, located on a plateau in the Judaean Mountains between the Mediterranean and the Dead Sea.

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Jerusalem (Out of Darkness Comes Light)

"Jerusalem" is a song by American reggae singer Matisyahu, produced by Jimmy Douglass & The Ill Factor, and first released in 2006 on his major label debut, Youth.

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Jerusalem (Steve Earle album)

Jerusalem is the 10th studio album by alternative country singer Steve Earle, released in 2002.

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Jerusalem of Gold

"Jerusalem of Gold" (ירושלים של זהב, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) is an Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer.

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Jewish prayer

Jewish prayer (תְּפִלָּה, tefillah; plural תְּפִלּוֹת, tefillot; Yiddish תּפֿלה tfile, plural תּפֿלות tfilles; Yinglish: davening from Yiddish דאַוון daven ‘pray’) are the prayer recitations and Jewish meditation traditions that form part of the observance of Rabbinic Judaism.

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Jordan

Jordan (الْأُرْدُنّ), officially the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan (المملكة الأردنية الهاشمية), is a sovereign Arab state in Western Asia, on the East Bank of the Jordan River.

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Joseph Israel

Joseph Israel (about 1780 – 4 September 1804) was an officer in the United States Navy during the Quasi-War with France and the First Barbary War.

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Judah Halevi

Judah Halevi (also Yehuda Halevi or ha-Levi; יהודה הלוי and Judah ben Shmuel Halevi; يهوذا اللاوي; 1075 – 1141) was a Spanish Jewish physician, poet and philosopher.

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Julia Boutros

Julia Boutros (جوليا بطرس; born April 1, 1968) is a Lebanese singer that rose to stardom in the 1980s with a series of songs like "Ghabet Shams El Haq" and "Wen el malaieen".

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Kathem Al-Saher

Kathem Jabbar Al Samarai better known by his artistic name as Kathem Al-Saher (كاظم الساهر; born September 12, 1957 in Mosul, Iraq), is an Iraqi singer, composer and songwriter.

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Kenneth Lampl

Kenneth Lampl (born November 7, 1964) is an American composer and lecturer known for his film, television and choral music.

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King David (musical)

King David is a musical, sometimes described as a modern oratorio, with a book and lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Alan Menken.

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L'Shana Haba'ah

L'Shana Haba'ah B'Yerushalayim (lit. "Next year in Jerusalem") is a phrase that is often sung at the end of the Passover Seder and at the end of the Ne'ila service on Yom Kippur.

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Latifa (singer)

Latifa Bint Alaya El Arfaoui (لطيفة بنت عليه العرفاوي pronunciation) (born February 14, 1961) better known as Latifa (لطيفة) is a Tunisian pop singer.

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Lauryn Hill

Lauryn Noelle Hill (born May 26, 1975) is an American singer, songwriter, rapper, record producer, and actress.

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Lekhah Dodi

Lekha Dodi (לכה דודי; also transliterated as Lecha Dodi, L'chah Dodi, Lekah Dodi, Lechah Dodi; Ashkenazic pronunciation: Lecho Dodi) is a Hebrew-language Jewish liturgical song recited Friday at dusk, usually at sundown, in synagogue to welcome Shabbat prior to the evening services.

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Matisyahu

Matthew Paul Miller (born June 30, 1979), known by his Hebrew and stage name Matisyahu (מתּתיהו, "Gift of God"), is a Jewish American reggae vocalist, beatboxer, and alternative rock musician.

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Max Herre

Maximilian Herre (born 22 April 1973 in Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg), better known by his stage- and nickname Max Herre, is a German musician who rose to fame as a member of the group Freundeskreis.

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Meir Ariel

Meir Ariel (מאיר אריאל) (March 2, 1942 – July 18, 1999) was an Israeli singer and songwriter.

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Melechesh

Melechesh is an ethnically Assyrian and Armenian black metal and Mizrahi metal band that originated in Jerusalem, Israel and is currently based in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

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Miami Boys Choir

The Miami Boys Choir (MBC) is a contemporary Jewish religious music boys choir.

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Mirah

Mirah (born Mirah Yom Tov Zeitlyn, September 17, 1974 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania), is an American musician and songwriter based in Brooklyn, New York.

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Mordechai Ben David

Mordechai Werdyger (born April 16, 1951) is an American Hasidic Jewish singer and songwriter popular in the Orthodox Jewish community.

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Mount Scopus

Mount Scopus (הַר הַצּוֹפִים Har HaTsofim, "Mount of the Watchmen/Sentinels"; جبل المشارف Ǧabal al-Mašārif, lit. "Mount Lookout", or جبل المشهد Ǧabal al-Mašhad "Mount of the Scene/Burial Site", or جبل الصوانة is a mountain (elevation: 2710 feet or 826 meters above sea level) in northeast Jerusalem. In the wake of the 1948 Arab–Israeli War, Mount Scopus became a UN-protected Israeli exclave within Jordanian-administered territory until the Six-Day War in 1967. Today, Mount Scopus lies within the municipal boundaries of the city of Jerusalem.

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My Jerusalem

My Jerusalem is an American Indie Rock band based in Austin, Texas.

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Naomi Shemer

Naomi Shemer (נעמי שמר; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry." Her song "Yerushlayim Shel Zahav" ("Jerusalem of Gold") written in 1967, became an unofficial second anthem after Israel won the Six-Day War that year and reunited Jerusalem.

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Nationalism

Nationalism is a political, social, and economic system characterized by the promotion of the interests of a particular nation, especially with the aim of gaining and maintaining sovereignty (self-governance) over the homeland.

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Nurit Hirsh

Nurit Hirsh (נורית הירש, b. Tel Aviv, August 13, 1942) is an Israeli composer, arranger and conductor who has written over a thousand Hebrew songs.

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O Jerusalem!

O Jerusalem! is a history book by Dominique Lapierre and Larry Collins that seeks to capture the events and struggles surrounding the creation of the state of Israel.

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Ofra Haza

Bat-Sheva Ofra Haza-Ashkenazi (עפרה חזה; November 19, 1957 February 23, 2000) was an Israeli singer, actress and Grammy Award-nominee recording artist, commonly known as "The Israeli Madonna", or "Madonna of the East".

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Old City (Jerusalem)

The Old City (הָעִיר הָעַתִּיקָה, Ha'Ir Ha'Atiqah, البلدة القديمة, al-Balda al-Qadimah) is a walled area within the modern city of Jerusalem.

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Paul Simon

Paul Frederic Simon (born October 13, 1941) is an American singer-songwriter and actor.

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Psalms

The Book of Psalms (תְּהִלִּים or, Tehillim, "praises"), commonly referred to simply as Psalms or "the Psalms", is the first book of the Ketuvim ("Writings"), the third section of the Hebrew Bible, and a book of the Christian Old Testament.

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Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat

"Reise nach Jerusalem – Kudüs'e seyahat" ("Journey to Jerusalem" in both languages, while the expression also is the German name for the game Musical Chairs) was the German entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999, performed in German, Turkish and English (the live version also added lyrics in Hebrew) by Sürpriz.

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Rivers of Babylon

"Rivers of Babylon" is a Rastafari song written and recorded by Brent Dowe and Trevor McNaughton of the Jamaican reggae group The Melodians in 1970.

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Robin Mark

Robin Mark (born 1957) is a Northern Irish Christian singer, songwriter, worship leader, and recording artist based in Belfast, Northern Ireland.

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Russian language

Russian (rússkiy yazýk) is an East Slavic language, which is official in Russia, Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, as well as being widely spoken throughout Eastern Europe, the Baltic states, the Caucasus and Central Asia.

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Sürpriz

Sürpriz were a six-member German-Turkish musical group, consisting of Cihan Özden, Deniz Filizmen, Yasemin Akkar, Filiz Zeyno, Savaş Uçar and Bülent Ural, known for their participation in the Eurovision Song Contest 1999.

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Shuli Natan

Shulamit “Shuli” Natan (שׁוּלָמִית „שׁוּלִי” נָתָן Shuli Natan; often anglicised: Shuly Nathan, born March 16, 1947 in London) is an Israeli singer best known for singing "Jerusalem of Gold" (Yerushalayim Shel Zahav), written by Naomi Shemer.

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Shwekey

Yaakov Shwekey (יעקב שוואקי, born Yaakov Choueka) (born in 1977) is an Orthodox Jewish recording artist and musical entertainer.

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Simon Finn (musician)

Simon Finn is an English psychedelic folk musician.

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Sinéad O'Connor

Magda Davitt (born Sinéad Marie Bernadette O'Connor, 8 December 1966) is an Irish singer-songwriter who rose to fame in the late 1980s with her debut album The Lion and the Cobra.

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Six-Day War

The Six-Day War (Hebrew: מלחמת ששת הימים, Milhemet Sheshet Ha Yamim; Arabic: النكسة, an-Naksah, "The Setback" or حرب ۱۹٦۷, Ḥarb 1967, "War of 1967"), also known as the June War, 1967 Arab–Israeli War, or Third Arab–Israeli War, was fought between 5 and 10 June 1967 by Israel and the neighboring states of Egypt (known at the time as the United Arab Republic), Jordan, and Syria.

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Steve Earle

Stephen Fain Earle (born January 17, 1955) is an American rock, country and folk singer-songwriter, record producer, author and actor.

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Sting (musician)

Gordon Matthew Thomas Sumner (born 2 October 1951), known as Sting, is an English singer, songwriter, and actor.

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Tanakh

The Tanakh (or; also Tenakh, Tenak, Tanach), also called the Mikra or Hebrew Bible, is the canonical collection of Jewish texts, which is also a textual source for the Christian Old Testament.

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Tel Aviv

Tel Aviv (תֵּל אָבִיב,, تل أَبيب) is the second most populous city in Israel – after Jerusalem – and the most populous city in the conurbation of Gush Dan, Israel's largest metropolitan area.

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Theocracy

Theocracy is a form of government in which a deity is the source from which all authority derives.

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Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon Rice (born 10 November 1944) is an English author and Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award, and Grammy Award-winning lyricist.

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U2

U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin formed in 1976.

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White Heart

White Heart, also listed as Whiteheart, were a contemporary Christian music pop-rock band which formed in 1982.

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Yehoram Gaon

Yehoram Gaon (יהורם גאון informally, Yoram Gaon; born December 28, 1939) is an Israeli singer, actor, director, producer, TV and radio host, and public figure.

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Yoram Taharlev

Yoram Taharlev (יורם טהרלב; born January 24, 1938) is an Israeli poet, lyricist, author and comedian.

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Zamir Chorale of Boston

The Zamir Chorale of Boston, founded in 1969, is a choral group that performs Jewish liturgical pieces, major classical works, music of the Holocaust, newly commissioned compositions, and Israeli, Yiddish, and Ladino folksongs.

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Zemirot

Zemirot or Z'mirot (זמירות) (Yiddish: Zmiros; Biblical Hebrew: Z'miroth; singular: zemer/z'mer) are Jewish hymns, usually sung in the Hebrew or Aramaic languages, but sometimes also in Yiddish or Ladino.

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Zena McNally

Zena McNally (born 8 March 1979) is a British former radio presenter and member of girl-group Mis-Teeq.

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Zionism

Zionism (צִיּוֹנוּת Tsiyyonut after Zion) is the national movement of the Jewish people that supports the re-establishment of a Jewish homeland in the territory defined as the historic Land of Israel (roughly corresponding to Canaan, the Holy Land, or the region of Palestine).

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_songs_about_Jerusalem

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