Naomi Shemer, Israeli singer-songwriter (died 2004)

Naomi Shemer

Israeli poet, musician and songwriter

Naomi Shemer was a leading Israeli musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry." Her song "Yerushalayim Shel Zahav", written in 1967, became an unofficial second anthem after Israel won the Six-Day War that year and annexed Jerusalem.