Yet, most Israelis visiting the cemetery gather around the tombs of ‘Rachel’ (Rachel Bluwstein; 1890-1931), and Naomi Shemer (1930-2004). These two gifted women, who both lived in the Kinneret, contributed so much to Israeli song and music culture. “Sham Harei Golan”, “Jerusalem of Gold”, and many more of their creations are classics, known to every Israeli.
Perhaps Perhaps it was never so. Perhaps I never woke early and went to the fields To labor in the sweat of my brow Nor in the long blazing days Of harvest On top of the wagon laden with sheaves, Made my voice ring with song Nor bathed myself clean in the calm Blue water Of my Kinneret. O, my Kinneret, Were you there or did I only dream? Rachel, 1927 |
Jerusalem of Gold The mountain air is clear as wine And in the slumber of tree and stone Chorus: How the cisterns have dried And in the caves in the mountain Chorus: But as I come to sing to you today, For your name scorches the lips Chorus: We have returned to the cisterns And in the caves in the mountain Naomi Shemer, 1967 |
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Points of Interest in the Area
Kinneret Farm | |
Yardenit | |
“Rob Roy” |