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Lehakat HaNahal
Lehakat HaNahal (Hebrew: להקת הנח"ל; lit. ''The Nahal Band'', also known in English as the ''Nahal Entertainment Troupe'') is the musical military ensemble of the Nahal program of the Israel Defense Forces. Established in November 1951 as a small ensemble with a single accordion,להקת הנח"ל MOOMA it developed into the most prominent and successful military troupe in Israel, known for its performances of Eretz Israel songs and becoming an integral part of |
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( or , ; ), sometimes rendered as Tel Aviv-Jaffa, and usually referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the Gush Dan metropolitan area of Israel. Located on the Israeli Mediterranean coastline and with a population of 495,600, it is the economic and technological center of the country and a global high tech hub. If East Jerusalem is considered part of Israel, Tel Aviv is the country's second-most-populous city, after Jerusalem; if not, Tel Aviv is the most populous city, ahead of West Jerusalem. Tel Aviv is governed by the Tel Aviv-Yafo Municipality, headed by Mayor Ron Huldai, and is home to most of Israel's foreign embassies. It is a beta+ world city and is ranked 53rd in the 2022 Global Financial Centres Index. Tel Aviv has the third- or fourth-largest economy and the largest economy per capita in the Middle East. Tel Aviv is ranked the 4th top global startup ecosystem hub. The city currently has the highest cost of living in the wor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sasha Argov
Alexander "Sasha" Argov (; born Alexander Abramovich; Moscow, 26 October 1914 – Tel Aviv, 27 September 1995) was a prominent Israeli composer. Life and career Argov was born Alexander Abramovich in Moscow, Russia in 1914. Later he changed his last name to its Hebrew version, Argov, in 1946. His father was a dentist and his mother a concert pianist. He began studying the piano with his mother at the age of three, and at the age of six he began to compose music by ear which his mother transcribed into music notation for him. He had no formal education in music outside of his lessons with his mother. He migrated to British Palestine from Russia in 1934 with his parents. He never made a living with his music, working first as a bank clerk and later owning and operating a bookshop. Argov composed many popular songs, producing approximately 1,200 works. Among them were " Hareut" and songs for the Israel Defense Forces, film, and theater. In 1948 he published ''Ha’Chizbatron'', ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
HaShir Shelanu
''HaShir Shelanu'' (, lit. ''Our Song'') was an Israeli daily comedy, comical musical telenovela starring Ninet Tayeb that took place for four seasons on the Yes (Israel), yes-5 Israeli Movie Channel (Arutz Ha'kolnoa Hayisraeli) and repeating on Channel 2 (Israel), Channel 2. The last episode was broadcast in April 2007. General plot Season 1 118 episodes Ninet (Tayeb) is a young, unknown girl from the country who comes to Tel-Aviv and works with her cousin Ronnie (Niv Raz) at his cafeteria in Yardena Tamir's (Alisa Rosen) Academy of Music. After school hours are over Ninet goes to the classroom and sings. Her talent is serendipitously discovered by the music teacher, Doron Sadeh (Sa'ar Badishi) who has her enrolled in the school. Ninet falls in love with Zohar Lahat (Ran Danker) and the couple go on a rocky road towards happiness disturbed mainly by Noa Shahar (Efrat Baumwald) who wants Zohar for herself. Noa’s best friend Dana Snir (Aliyana Bakyer) and her mother Naomi (Hana La ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shir LaShalom
Shir LaShalom (, ''A Song for Peace'') is an Israeli pop song that was first performed in 1969 by Lehakat HaNahal (להקת הנח"ל), a musical ensemble of the Israel Defense Forces. The song has since been widely associated with Israeli advocacy for a peaceful resolution of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, including organizations advocating for a two-state solution such as Peace Now. History Shir LaShalom was written by Yaakov Rotblit and set to music by Yair Rosenblum. It was first performed in 1969 by Lehakat HaNahal (להקת הנח"ל), a musical ensemble of the Israel Defense Forces, as part of its program ''In the Nahal Settlements of Sinai'' (היאחזות הנח"ל בסיני), which was released as an album in December 1969, during the War of Attrition between Israel and Egypt. The original recording featured several performers who later became prominent in Israeli entertainment, including soloist Miri Aloni and guitarist Danny Sanderson, whose electric guitar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Discogs
Discogs ( ; short for " discographies") is a database of information about audio recordings, including commercial releases, promotional releases, and bootleg or off-label releases. Database contents are user-generated, and described in ''The New York Times'' as "Wikipedia-like". While the site was originally created with the goal of becoming the largest online database of electronic music, it now includes releases in all genres and on all formats. By 2015, it had a new goal: that of "cataloging every single piece of physical music ever created." As of 2025, its database contains over 18 million user-submitted album listings. History Discogs was started in 2000 by Kevin Lewandowski who worked as a programmer at Intel Intel Corporation is an American multinational corporation and technology company headquartered in Santa Clara, California, and Delaware General Corporation Law, incorporated in Delaware. Intel designs, manufactures, and sells computer compo .... It wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Eitan
Rafael "Raful" Eitan (; 11 January 1929 – 23 November 2004) was an Israeli general, former Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (Ramatkal) and later a politician, a Knesset member, and government minister. Early life Rafael Eitan was born Rafael Kaminsky in the moshav of Tel Adashim near Nazareth in 1929, to Eliyahu and Miriam Eitan, Ukrainian Jewish immigrants to Palestine. His father was one of the founders of the Jewish defense organization Hashomer. Rafael was raised in the community of Tel Adashim. Zvi Nishri (Orloff), a pioneer in modern physical education in Israel, was his uncle. Late in life he reportedly said that he was descended from a Subbotnik family that had served as guards to the tsar.Lawrence Joffe’ Lieut-Gen Rafael Eitan,’The Guardian 25 November 2004 'Eitan revealed that his mother was a member of the Christian Subotnik sect, and a descendant of the Russian tsar's bodyguards. Thus the Jewish ultranationalist, according to Rabbinic law, mi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
War Of Attrition
The War of Attrition (; ) involved fighting between Israel and Egypt, Jordan, the Palestine Liberation Organisation (PLO) and their allies from 1967 to 1970. Following the 1967 Six-Day War, no serious diplomatic efforts were made to resolve the issues at the heart of the Arab–Israeli conflict. The 1967 Arab League summit formulated in September the "Khartoum Resolution, three no's" policy, barring peace, International recognition of Israel, recognition, or negotiations with Israel. Egyptian President Gamal Abdel Nasser believed that only military initiative would compel Israel or the international community to facilitate a full Israeli withdrawal from Sinai Peninsula, Sinai, and hostilities soon resumed along the Suez Canal. These initially took the form of limited artillery duels and small-scale incursions into Sinai, but by 1969, the Egyptian Army judged itself prepared for larger-scale operations. On March 8, 1969, Nasser proclaimed the official launch of the War of Attri ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Band (film)
''The Band'', ''הלהקה'', (also known as'' The Troupe'') is a 1978 Israeli Musical movie, musical comedy film directed by Avi Nesher about a Israeli military ensembles, military band during the War of Attrition. The story dives into the hazing, intense rivalries, and romantic entanglements between veteran members and new recruits who are eager to prove themselves. The movie was initially unsuccessful but has grown in popularity over time. The character of the choir leader is inspired by the real-life composer, arranger, and music director of The Nahal Band, Yair Rosenblum. Plot In 1968, an Israeli military ensembles, Israeli military ensemble (based on The Nahal Band), performs comedy and musical acts to boost morale among soldiers in combat zones during the War of Attrition. At the film’s start, three veteran members of the troupe give their farewell performance before finishing their service in the Israeli Defense Forces. The next day, auditions are held by troupe director ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yair Rosenblum
Yair Rosenblum (; January 6, 1944 – August 27, 1996) was an Israeli composer and arranger. Early Life Rosenblum was born in Tel Aviv. He served his military service in The Nahal Band, which would ultimately be where his musical career began. Music career Rosenblum was the musical director of the Israel Defense Forces chorus in the 1960s and 1970s. He directed Israel's annual music festivals. For the army and navy ensembles of the Israel Defense Forces, he oversaw conducting and wrote music. He is best known for such songs, including ''Shir LaShalom'' (1970). He composed songs for films and television, and worked with a number of bands and choral groups, including primarily the IDF bands. He wrote more than 1,000 songs, including "Ammunition Hill", "In a Red Dress," "The Beautiful Life," "Tranquility," "Hallelujah,""We must keep on singing" and "How should I bless him?." Aside from composing for IDF bands such as his former service band The Nahal Band, Rosenblum also composed ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yoram Taharlev
Yoram Taharlev (; 24 January 1938 – 6 January 2022) was an Israeli poet, lyricist, and author. He wrote lyrics for hundreds of songs recorded by prominent composers and performers. Biography Yoram Taharlev was born on Kibbutz Yagur to Yaffa Yitzikovitz and the author and poet Haim Taharlev. During his military service, he served as a reporter for the army newspapers ''Bamahane Gadna'' and ''Bamahane Nahal''. In 1963, Taharlev met poet Nurit Zarchi while they were philosophy majors at Tel Aviv University. In August 1963, they married. They had two daughters, artist Roni Taharlev and Arela. At the beginning, Taharlev and Zarchi lived in kibbutz Yagur, where their elder daughter Roni was born, but later moved to Petah Tikva and from there to Rishon LeZion and eventually to Tel Aviv. After thirteen years of marriage, they separated. In 1978, Taharlev then married Linda, a United States citizen. Together they had a son, Daniel, and a daughter, Michal. Linda died in 2011. In 2014 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dan Almagor
Dan Almagor (; born 13 July 1935) is an Israeli playwright, songwriter/poet and scholar 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". Almagor is also a scholar in the field of Jewish music and the history of the Hebrew language, having studied the history of Jewish music dating back to the Middle Ages. Early life Almagor was born in Ramat Gan in 1935 under the name Dan Elbelinger. His father, Ze'ev Elbelinger, a native of Warsaw, was a member of the Ariel group of Hashomer Hatzair, an agronomist, a graduate of the Institute of Agriculture in Algeria and a pioneer of the Third Aliyah, and his mother Zehava Katzenelenbogen was a native of Lublin. In 1940 his sister Bracha was born. He grew up in Rehovot. In his childhood and youth he wrote for several children's and youth newspapers such as " Davar L'Yeladim", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yom Kippur War
The Yom Kippur War, also known as the Ramadan War, the October War, the 1973 Arab–Israeli War, or the Fourth Arab–Israeli War, was fought from 6 to 25 October 1973 between Israel and a coalition of Arab world, Arab states led by Egypt and Syria. Most of the fighting occurred in the Sinai Peninsula and Golan Heights, territories Israeli-occupied territories, occupied by Israel in 1967. Some combat also took place in mainland Geography of Egypt, Egypt and Northern District (Israel), northern Israel. Egypt aimed to secure a foothold on the eastern bank of the Suez Canal and use it to negotiate the return of the Israeli occupation of the Sinai Peninsula, Sinai Peninsula. The war started on 6 October 1973, when the Arab coalition launched a surprise attack across their respective frontiers during the Jewish holy day of Yom Kippur, which coincided with the 10th day of Ramadan. The United States and Soviet Union engaged in massive resupply efforts for their allies (Israel and the A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
