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Salute to Israel

Various Artists
Salute to Israel New York City in the 1960s gave birth to an exciting Israeli music scene that included the Feenjon and El Avram clubs. The clubs’ house bands included musicians fluent in Israeli, Arabic, Greek, Turkish, Moroccan, and Russian melody, rhythm, and song art. This recording brings together both the Feenjon Group and the El Avram Group and features special guests such as Margalit, one of Israel’s most prominent vocalists. The music is a reflection of the human experience in Israel—nostalgia, longing, insecurity, and triumph. Songs are in Hebrew and Yiddish.

Track Listing

101
Hava Nagila (Let Us Rejoice) Esma Redzepova  
102
Yerushalayim Shel Zahav (Jerusalem of Gold) Margalit Ankory and the Feenjon Group  
103
Chiribim Margalit Ankory and the Feenjon Group  
104
Bedumiya (In the Stillness of Autumn) The El Avram Group with Avram Grobard  
105
Hallelujah Margalit Ankory and Yoel Sharr  
106
Od Shanah (Gypsy Vagabond) Ron Eliran, Holly Lipton, and the El Avram Group  
107
Migdalim (Towers of the Fortress) Feenjon Group, The, Hevron Levi, Jerry Sappir  
201
Eyfo Hem (Where are They?) Margalit Ankory and Yoel Sharr  
202
Bashana Haba'ah (Any Time of the Year) Avram Grobard, Holly Lipton, and the El Avram Group  
203
Erev Shel Shoshanim (Evening of Roses) Margalit Ankory and the Feenjon Group  
204
Lomer Alleh Zingen (Let's All Sing) The Feenjon Group and Jerry Sappir  
205
Eyn Keylokenu (There Is None Like Our God) The Voices Four  
206
Im Ne 'Nalu (If They Locked) Rakhel with Gil Aldema