Shuli Natan (; born March 16, 1947) is an Israeli singer. She is best known for her rendition of " Jerusalem of Gold" (''Yerushalayim Shel Zahav''), written by

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Biography

Shulamit ("Shuli) Nathan was born in London. She

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with her family to Israel when she was two years old. At the age of sixteen, she began singing and playing the guitar. She appeared on various radio programs before being discovered by

. She studied music theory at the Rubin Academy of Music and Dance in

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Singing career

Shuli Natan's albums feature Israeli songs, traditional Jewish melodies and songs by

Shlomo Carlebach Shlomo Carlebach (; January 14, 1925 – October 20, 1994), known as Reb Shlomo to his followers, was an American rabbi and musician nicknamed "the Singing Rabbi". Although his roots lay in traditional Orthodox yeshivot, he branched out to c ...

. She achieved fame with a heartfelt rendition of "Jerusalem of Gold" in 1967. In 1968, she began to collaborate with Nechama Hendel. Her 1999 CD ''Open Roads'' includes covers of songs which were popular in Israel at the time, such as

David D'Or David D'Or (; born David Nehaisi on October 2, 1965) is an Israeli singer, composer, and songwriter. A countertenor with a vocal range of more than four octaves, he is a three-time winner of the Israeli "Singer of the Year" and "Best Vocal Perf ...

's "Watch Over Us, Child" and Rami Kleinstein's "Never-Ending Miracles". Natan accompanies herself on the guitar. She sings Israeli songs, folk songs from around the world,

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and

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songs and songs of the

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community. She sings in

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and

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Albums

*''Beloved Songs'' *''Songs of Praise'' *''Open Roads'' *''Mostly Carlebach'' *1973 אנעים זמירות ושירים אארוג *1968 שירי נעמי שמר *1967 Israel Song Festival album that made '' Jerusalem of Gold'' famous

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Jewish.songs24.de
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Biography

Singing career

Albums

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