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City Of Gold

Israeli entertainer performs
in Oak Park in honor
of Yom Yerushalyim (Jerusalem Day).

Suzanne Chessler
Special to the Jewish News

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introduced the song
"Jerusalem of Gold"
by composer Naomi Shemer,
has taken it to stages in many
countries. This year, almost 40
years after its debut, she per-
forms the patriotic piece for a
local celebration of Jerusalem

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May 18 • 2006

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Day.

Nathan, who accompanies
herself on guitar, appears 7:30
p.m. Thursday, May 25, at
Temple Emanu-El in Oak Park.
The free program, sponsored
by the Cohn-Haddow Center for
Judaic Studies, calls attention
to the centrality of Jerusalem
Shuly Nathan takes the stage Thursday,
in Jewish consciousness —
May 25, on erev Yom Yerushalyim.
throughout the ages and across
different cultures.
The lyrics describe a city of
"gold ... bronze and light" trea-
sured in "song and sight."
"I lived in Jerusalem from 1967-
"I will sing more songs about
1975;' Nathan says. "When I began to
Jerusalem and other songs as well,"
sing 'Jerusalem of Gold, it touched
says Nathan, 56, whose local visit is
people very closely. That was two
part of a tour that also takes her to
weeks before the Six-Day War broke
New York, Philadelphia and Toronto.
out and Jerusalem was freed. The
"I lived in Jerusalem when this song
song became the hymn of the war."
was written in 1967 so it has a very
personal meaning for me!'
Cinderella Story
Nathan, whose family moved to
Nathan's career took off with the
Israel from England when she was 2,
song, often thought of as a prayer for
was a teen when the song was writ-
peace, and she considers her story
ten. She was asked to sing and record akin to the Cinderella story. All of
it after the composer heard her tal-
a sudden, her music was regularly
ents on amateur radio.
played on radio, and she focused on
"As soon as I started singing the
folk songs during many appearances.
song, crowds joined in, and that was
She was taken with the grassroots
a very powerful experience," Nathan
feeling of folk sounds, which gained
says.
popularity internationally during
The song, written as a vignette and
those times.
as an addition to an Independence
"I had studied classical guitar
Day song contest in Jerusalem,
because I think the instrument
became popular as Nathan performed
makes beautiful music,". she says. It's
it for soldiers along the war zone while also easy to take everywhere!"
she served in the military. It soon sold
Nathan left Jerusalem after mar-
300,000 records and went on to be
rying and moved near Tel Aviv. She
translated into 40 languages.
had five children and decided to give