The beautiful compositions, music, and poetry of Naomi Shemer, a’h, Israel’s “first lady of Israeli song” tell the story of a nation’s return to its homeland, replete with emotive metaphor, imagery, and poetic sweetness even with a touch of the sting of the nation’s need to rebuild. Her compositions gave voice to a collective consciousness of […]
As the Baal Shem Tov haKadosh sat in his sukkah, a great tumult raged outside. In the early days of the Chasidic movement, some of its revolutionary practices, as well as the spiritual awakening of the followers of the Baal Shem Tov, drew prejudice, strife, and legal controversy. While detractors and opponents were always on […]