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