Jerusalem of Gold Yerushalayim shel Zahav Ofra Haza with English Lyrics

Jerusalem of Gold (Hebrew: ירושלים של זהב, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) is a popular Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer in 1967. The original song described the Jewish people s 2000year longing to return to Jerusalem; Shemer added a final verse after the SixDay War to celebrate Jerusalem s unification under Israeli control. At that time, the Old City was under Jordanian rule; Jews had been barred from entering, and many holy sites had been desecrated. Only three weeks after the song was published, the S br, br,