Original Israeli Music - Ruchama Raz in a real classic

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Ruchama Raz singing "in my beloved country" with the Paratrooper Chorus (Lyrics: Leah Goldberg, Melody: Moni Amerilio)

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With all the talk of what life is in Tel Aviv I almost forgot the "basic" experiences. One of the things that you see on TV and can experience in person is all the perfomances which are very much Israeli. These are music, dance, comedy, movies and theater which sprung up like weeds after a rain from the 1920's until well into the 1970's. The video of Ruchama Raz is of the Paratrooper corps courus (all the Israeli military sections had entertainment groups of one kind of another speciall singing groups). This is an oldie but a goodie and is very much a typical performance you would have heard on the radio from the early days of the state of Israel (1950's). Ruchama Raz sang this song first in 1975 and the uniforms certainly show this. While Israel was struggling to keep head above water and had all the issues we now hear about, a unique artistic identity was developing. There are lots of interesting historical and current songs on You Tube and other musical and video sites -- E N J O Y !

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That reminds me, any interest in Israeli radio, TV, movies... Let me know