Today is Yom Hazikaron (Israel's Memorial Day). To mark this day we're sharing a video of HaZamir, the International Jewish Teen Choir, singing Eretz Tzvi, the song made popular by singer Yehoram Gaon. It's followed by Mi Sheberach L'Tzahal, the prayer for the Israel Defense Forces, set to the same melody.
The music is by Dov Seltzer, arranged by M. B. Edelman with Cantor Brian Mayer (HaZamir Providence), conductor and Eric Levine (HaZamir Orlando), piano.
Soloists are Lavie Shalom (HaZamir HaSharon), Hallel Cohen (HaZamir Ofakim) and Hila Maman (HaZamir Dimona).
bbbbbHaZamir: The International Jewish Teen Choir is a program of the Zamir Choral Foundation, www.zamirchoralfoundation.org
The song is about Mivtza Yonatan, an operation to rescue hostages from
Entebbe airport in Uganda on July 4, 1976. Air France flight 139 from
Tel Aviv was hijacked after its Athens stopover, diverted to Libya and
ended up in Idi Amin airport.
Originally named Mivtza Entebbe,
the mission was later named in honor of Yonatan Netanyahu (brother of
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu) who died in the
operation.
In 1977 a movie was made of the mission - "Operation Thunderbolt."
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