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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 2000-year longing to return to Jerusalem; Shemer added a final verse after the Six-Day 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 Six-Day War broke out. The song was the battle cry and morale booster of the Israeli troops. Shemer even sang it for them before the war and festival, making them among the first in the world to hear it. On 7 June, the Israel Defense Forces captured the eastern part of Jerusalem and the Old City from the Jordanians. When Shemer heard the paratroopers singing Jerusalem of Gold at the Western Wall, she wrote a final verse, reversing the phrases of lamentation found in the second verse. The line about shofars sounding from the Temple Mount is a reference to an event that actually took place on 7 June.
This beautiful version is from the late OFRA HAZA.
Kieler Woche (Kiel Week 2016), Music, Fun, Magic and Bangladeshi Culture in Kiel.
The Kiel Week or (Kieler Woche) is an annual sailing event in Kiel, the capital of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany. It is the capital and most populous city in the northern German state of Schleswig-Holstein, with a population of 240,832 (June 2014).
Tallinn, Estonia - Baltic Cruise 2009
Amy and Paul take an informative walking tour in Tallinn, Estonia
Touring Tuscany - Siena, Pisa, Volterra, Cortona and the Garfagnana region
Video features Siena (and its Piazza del Campo with the Pubblico Palace and tower of Mangia as well as the Fonte Gaia or Fountain
of Joy, the Siena Cathedral with the statue of a she-wolf feeding Romulus and Remus, the church of Santa Maria in Provenzano,
the lady behind the curtain street art on Via dei Rossi, a face scuplture outside Piccolomini Palace and flags of the Giraffe
Contrada), Garfagnana (and Castiglioni's medieval bridge Ponte dei Mulini, another bridge in Castelnuovo and a marble quarry in
the Alpi Apuane mountain range), Volterra (the ruins of a Roman theatre and the medieval Piazza dei Priori), Pisa (and the Pisa
Cathedral togeher with the Leaning Tower) and Cortona (and its Piazza della Repubblica, cemetery and a statue of St Margaret of
Cortona).
Music is
a. Vivaldi Concerto, for lute, 2 violins & continuo in D major, RV 93 1. Allegro by Jakob Lindberg
b. Ceol Si-Banish Misfortune-The Twins by Alesa Lajana
c. Tarantella by Inti-Illimani
d. Vivaldi Concerto for lute, 2 violins and continuo in D major, RV 93 3. Allegro by Eduardo Fernandez and English Chamber Orchestra
conducted by George Malcom
Paternity leave in Sweden - Light on the North
Stine Jensen looks into the ideal of gender equality in Sweden. Parents receive maternity leave for one year and there are 'open creches' where parents can go all day with their child and ask their questions about parenting.
In this episode, Jensen examines the Swedish ideal of equality whether it is between men and women or between native and immigrant Swedes.
In Light on the North, Stine Jensen gauges one after the other the Norwegian, Finnish, Swedish and Danish souls.
'The good Scandinavian life is of course relative. As soon as you start to look at it from different eyes, the image topples.'
In four episodes, the philosopher Stine Jensen, who was born in Denmark but grew up in the Netherlands since her first year, is looking behind Scandinavia's clichés of emancipation, prosperity, natural beauty and space.
Presented by: Stine Jensen
Director: Hans Pool
Editor: Matthieu Hes
Producers: Rosan Boersma, Karin Vermeulen, Jan de Ruiter, Niek Koppen
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Wreck Dive Landing Craft Makena Maui Hawaii Machine Gun
Video taken in 1983 diving with my 14 year old daughter. The machine gun and many other articles were removed by looters during the next few years.
Because of Hawaii's role as a training site for the U.S. military during World War II, the islands' have a wealth of sunken ships, landing craft and planes, many of which have still not been discovered.The landing craft, which had tracks like tanks, could transport troops from ships onto land, and then drive up onto the beach and farther inland. A number of the landing craft now rest off South Maui, where they sank during training exercises more than 70 years ago, he said.
This was a combat landing area, and they would invade the beaches over and over again.
The wreck sites have historical significance, not just because of the way the war and military presence shaped Hawaii's history, but because the techniques soldiers practiced here, including amphibious landing and naval aviation, were critical to the outcome of the war and forever changed how the modern military would operate.
Both of those were really practiced here in Hawaii, and that's why there's so many of these resources around, he said.
During World War II, before major invasions in the Pacific, U.S. Marine Corps and Army personnel trained in landing craft and assault vehicles along Maui's southern coast from Maalaea Harbor to Ahihi Bay. Overhead, aircraft from the Puunene Naval Air Station on Maui conducted combat practice runs. Amphibious operations and naval aviation proved to be two critical innovations of World War II that ultimately helped the United States triumph in the Pacific.
Developing these tactics was dangerous, and many planes and landing craft, and occasionally the lives of servicemen, were lost around the islands. Today, the legacy of that period can be found in near-shore waters, where sunken aircraft and shipwrecks provide recreational diving sites, as well as habitat for marine species.
The wrecks along the coast are like windows into the past and they remind us of the sacrifices made during World War II, said Hans Van Tilburg, NOAA's maritime heritage coordinator. The information collected during this project will help us better understand this chapter in our history and its significance to the Pacific.
For now, details surrounding the sinking of the assault vehicles near Makena, Maui, and the specific identity of the F6F Hellcat, remain mysteries pending further research. Details will be posted on the project's website as they are available.