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	Naomi Shemer
		Shemer eventually moved to Tel Aviv, where in 1956 she wrote the words to the musical Hamesh-Hamesh (Five-Five), first performed by the IDF Central Command entertainment troupe and later by Haohel Theater.
		Shemer's music linked the ordinary to the festive, the landscapes of Lake Kinneret to the White City of Tel Aviv, her own biography to the history of Israel between war and peace.
		Shemer was laid to rest at Kibbutz Kinneret on June 26, 2004, where she was born.
	www.jewishvirtuallibrary.org /jsource/biography/shemer.html (664 words)

	Naomi Shemer - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Shemer wrote both words and lyrics to her own songs, composed music to words by others (such as the poet Rachel), and set Hebrew words to internationally known tunes (such as "Hey Jude" by the Beatles); she has probably made more lasting contributions to Israeli song than any other single songwriter.
		Beloved Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer's grave on the shores of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret).
		Naomi Shemer was born and raised in Kvutsat Kinneret, a kibbutz on the shore of Sea of Galilee, of which her parents were founders.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Naomi_Shemer (475 words)

	Naomi Shemer (1931- )
		Shemer was born on Kvuzat Kinneret and grew up overlooking the shores of the Jordan.
		Shemer's first record with eight of her songs appeared in 1959, and her music appealed to children, youth, and adult audiences.
		Of the songs Shemer wrote about the Yom Kippur War, the most popular became "Lu Yehi" ("Let it Be") which began as a translation of the Beatles' song by that name and evolved into an independent hit.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/100/people/BIOS/shemer.html (402 words)

	Naomi Shemer, 74, Israeli composer - The Boston Globe (via CobWeb/3.1 planetlab2.cs.virginia.edu) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		JERUSALEM -- Israeli composer Naomi Shemer, one of the country's most beloved and prolific songwriters, died yesterday She was 74.
		Shemer was born on Kibbutz Kinneret, a communal farm on the shores of the Sea of Galilee in northern Israel.
		Shemer wrote the song, an emotional ballad describing the country's attachment and yearning for the city, shortly before Israel captured east Jerusalem in the 1967 Mideast war.
	www.boston.com.cob-web.org:8888 /ae/music/articles/2004/06/27/naomi_shemer_74_israeli_composer (217 words)

	Naomi Shemer (1931- )
		Naomi Shemer, Israel's premier songwriter and composer of half a century, died on 26th June 2004 after a long illness.
		While often compared to the poetess Rahel, Naomi Shemer's descriptive and complex songs expressed a plurality of style and subject, and were set in the plural, as well as the personal.
		Naomi Shemer wished to be buried in the home of her youth, Kvutzat Kinneret, by the Kinneret (Sea of Galilee), also the resting place of Rahel.
	www.jafi.org.il /education/100/people/BIOS/nshemer.html (457 words)

	Guardian Unlimited \| Special reports \| Naomi Shemer
		There was something almost oracular about Shemer's work, as though she represented the feminine side of Zionism, an earth mother come to reclaim her rightful heritage, not with arms and violence, but with poetry and song; not with the fist, but with the heart.
		Shemer's approach may have been focused on her particular tradition, but she was never narrow.
		Shemer's burial was broadcast live by national television, a tribute to the sense that the nation had lost an artist who spoke to its very soul.
	www.guardian.co.uk /israel/comment/0,10551,1249505,00.html (753 words)

	Notable Songs - Naomi Shemer
		Naomi Shemer (1931-June 26, 2004) was one of Israels most important and prolific song writers, considered by some the First Lady of Israeli Song.
		Shemer wrote both words and lyrics to her own songs, composed music to words by others (such as the poet Rachel (poet)), and set Hebrew words to internationally known tunes (such as Hey Jude by the Beatles), she has probably made more lasting contributions to Israeli song than any other single songwriter.
		Due to her virtuosic use of language, Shemer has also been called a poet, though her published writing was always set to music.
	mywebpage.netscape.com /Adachi4101/naomi-shemer-notable-songs.html (349 words)

	Jerusalem of Gold - The Career of a Song
		It all began when Naomi Shemer was invited, together with four other colleagues, to compose a song for the second and non-competitive part of the 1967 Israel Song Festival, during which the votes were to be counted.
		Shemer's four colleagues were intimidated and refused to comply with the request to compose a song on the proposed theme.[2] She, too, was taken aback at the prospect, but nevertheless agreed.
		Shemer and Natan traveled around the world performing and promoting the song.[30] "Jerusalem of Gold" has assumed the place of a classic, and is referred to as the second national anthem after "ha-Tikvah".
	www.jerusalemofgold.co.il /thesong.html (1929 words)

	UJC - Israel's National Folk Musician, Naomi Shemer, Dies at Age 74 (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Musician Naomi Shemer, center, listens as she is awarded the Israel Prize in a 1983 ceremony in Jerusalem.
		Shemer was born in 1930 in Kibbutz Kinneret.
		Shemer is survived by her husband, the poet Mordechai Horowitz, two children and four grandchildren.
	www.ujc.org /content_display.html?ArticleID=119083 (770 words)

	Blog of Death: Naomi Shemer
		Naomi Shemer, one of Israel's most prolific songwriters, died on June 26 of cancer.
		Born on Kibbutz Kinneret, Shemer took piano lessons as a child and continued her musical studies at the Rubin Academy of Music in Jerusalem.
		Shemer was best known for penning the ballad "Jerusalem of Gold," which became the country's unofficial national anthem.
	www.blogofdeath.com /archives/001105.html (358 words)

	israelinsider: Culture: Israel pays tribute to Naomi Shemer of gold
		Naomi Shemer was awarded the Israel Prize in 1987 for her contribution to Israeli music.
		Renowned songwriter Naomi Shemer, composer of the 1967 Six Day War anthem "Jerusalem of Gold," will be buried this evening at Kvutzat Kinneret overlooking the Sea of Galilee, where she was born.
		Naomi Shemer was born in 1930 at Kvutzat Kinneret, where her parents were founders.
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Culture/3788.htm (814 words)

	Naomi Shemer
		Naomi Shemer was known as Israel's "First Lady of Song".
		Born in 1930 in Kibbutz Kinneret overlooking the Sea of Galilee, Naomi Shemer’s exceptional musical talent was enhanced by the inspiration she drew from the magnificent surrounding views of the Lake and Jordan Valley.
		A Portrait of Naomi Shemer with a line from one of her songs "Your Songs Flow After You".
	www.commem.com /prod36c.htm (348 words)

	Obituary: Naomi Shemer Independent, The (London) - Find Articles (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		NAOMI SHEMER wrote the kind of songs Israelis wanted to hear: warm, patriotic, nostalgic, rooted in childhood memories and an idealised biblical landscape.
		She was born Naomi Sapir in 1930 in Kibbutz Kinneret on the south- western shore of the Sea of Galilee.
		In 1983 Naomi Shemer was awarded the Israel Prize for her contribution to music.
	www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qn4158/is_20040630/ai_n12794375 (611 words)

	Naomi Shemer, Israeli poet and composer; 74 \| The San Diego Union-Tribune
		Naomi Shemer, an Israeli poet and a prolific composer whose popular songs include "Jerusalem of Gold," which became interwoven with the culture of the Jewish state, died Saturday at a Tel Aviv hospital after a long illness.
		Shemer captured the spirit of that victorious moment when Israel asserted itself by adding another verse after the war.
		Another popular Shemer song was based on the Beatles'; "Let It Be." Through it she sought to restore hope in Israelis after the costly war with Egypt and Syria in 1973.
	www.signonsandiego.com /uniontrib/20040702/news_1m2shemer.html (502 words)

	Canadian Jewish News (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In 1973, Shemer composed Let it Be” (Lu Yehi) an Israeli version of the famous Beatles tune, to inspire optimism in a country demoralized by heavy losses in the Yom Kippur War.
		Shemer won the prestigious Israel Prize in 1983, a year after speaking out against the government’s evacuation of Sinai settlements as part of a peace accord with Egypt.
		Shemer was buried Sunday evening at Kibbutz Kinneret, her birthplace, overlooking the lake that she wrote so many songs about.
	www.cjnews.com /viewarticle.asp?id=3816 (695 words)

	Shemer - HighBeam Encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		In Letter, Naomi Shemer Admitted Lifting 'Jerusalem of Gold' Tune.
		Naomi Shemer: 'Jerusalem of Gold' Composer, Dead at 74.
		Israeli composer Naomi Shemer, author of "Jerusalem of Gold, dies at 74
	www.encyclopedia.com /doc/1E1-shemer.html (151 words)

	All About Jewish Theatre - Songwriter, composer Naomi Shemer dies at age 74
		Composer and songwriter Naomi Shemer died Saturday morning of an illness at the age of 74, Army Radio reported.
		Shemer was born in 1930 in Kvutzat Kinneret, and will be laid to rest there on Sunday at 6 P.M. Shemer, among the most productive songwriters in Israel, was awarded the Israel Prize for Hebrew song in 1983.
		Regev points to some other period songs: "Lu Yehi," which Naomi Shemer wrote during the Yom Kippur War under the inspiration of the Beatles' "Let it Be," and "Ein Li Eretz Aheret" (I have no other country) by Corinne Alal, which is identified with the first intifada.
	www.jewish-theatre.com /visitor/article_display.aspx?articleID=728 (2825 words)

	israelinsider: Culture: Azmi Bishara attacks Naomi Shemer's "racist" songs
		National songwriter Naomi Shemer and her lyrics represent the essence of Israeli experience - a mixture of racism, self-justification, and a lack of sensitivity - claimed MK Azmi Bishara (Balad) in his weekly column in Al Ahram.
		"Bishara is not worthy of relating to the late Naomi Shemer and her songs," MK Gideon Sa'ar (Likud) said in response.
		Songwriter Naomi Shemer, composer of the 1967 Six Day War anthem "Jerusalem of Gold," died at the age of 73 in June.
	web.israelinsider.com /Articles/Culture/3942.htm (678 words)

	Sha!: Naomi Shemer 1930-2004
		Naomi Shemer, quite arguably the greatest Israeli songwriter, passed away yesterday at age 74.
		Shemer wrote hundreds of songs in her career, many of which have become an intrinsic part of Israeli culture.
		The third is the as-yet-undefined role that Naomi Shemer's music played in my own personal development as a Jew, as a Zionist...
	www.shaister.com /archives/000223.html (291 words)

	The Jewish Journal Of Greater Los Angeles
		It was a sign of folk singer Naomi Shemer’s importance to Israel’s national psyche that her death relegated the Israeli-Palestinian conflict to the inside pages of the nation’s newspapers.
		Saturday’s death of Shemer, at the age of 74 from cancer, spurred Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon to open his weekly Cabinet meeting with a eulogy and the Education Ministry to order all schools to spend an hour in the classroom remembering Shemer.
		In 1973, Shemer composed "Let It Be" — "Lu Yehi" — an Israeli version of the famous Beatles tune, to inspire optimism in an Israel demoralized by the heavy losses of the Yom Kippur War.
	www.jewishjournal.com /home/print.php?id=12486 (717 words)

	The Naomi Shemer Collection (5 CD Set) By Various Artists (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		The Naomi Shemer Collection (5 CD Set) By Various Artists
		100 songs on 5 disks cover Naomi’s illustrious career as Israel’s national song and hymn composer.
		Shemer, who recently passed away, won the Israel Prize in 1983.
	www.jewishstore.com /Music/Products.asp?ProdID=SU-9098 (66 words)

	RadioHazak: Shemer, Naomi Archives (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		Sadly, many of the songwriters featured had died in the past year, including Ehud Manor and Naomi Shemer.
		"The Helicon record company knows that the more than slight similarity between Ben Artzi (Shlomo Artzi's son) and Ariel Orovitz (Naomi Shemer's son) will lead to inevitable comparisons, and the label wishes to clarify that these are two different artists.
		Nevertheless, the hand of Udi Anis, in charge of signing Hebrew artists at Helicon, is discernible in both albums," writes Michal Palti in his Ha'aretz profile of the two artists.
	www.radiohazak.com /archives/artists_and_groups/shemer_naomi (142 words)

	An Unsealed Room: Naomi Shemer
		Israel's best known and loved song composer Naomi Shemer has died -- her music has been on the radio all day.
		This country wouldn’t be the same without Naomi Shemer’s songs.
		Some of them have always driven me crazy, others never fail to bring tears of nostalgia or sadness to my eyes.
	allisonkaplansommer.blogmosis.com /history/025502.html (296 words)

	SHEMER TRIBUTE CANCELLATION (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-06)
		t is with deep regret that we wish to inform you that the Naomi Shemer Tribute scheduled for March 26, 2005 at Congreagaion Kelhillath Israel in Brookline, Massachusetts has been cancelled.
		We have had very poor advance sales, which would not sustain the event.
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