[HANASHIR:15739] Re: Am Yisrael Chai

[I. Oppenheim <i.oppenheim...>]

The complete story is here by the person who
commissioned the song from Carlebach:
http://www.joods.nl/~chazzanut/articles/on-am-yisraeil.html

Irwin Oppenheim

On Wed, 29 Oct 2003, Shir Chadash wrote:

> Does anyone know the origins of the text of the song Am Yisrael Chai by
> Carlebach?  The only information I could find was a reference in a Velvel
> Pasternak book to it being a kind of anthem to Jews in the former Soviet
> Union.  But there is no indication of the origin of the text itself.
> Thanks,
> Rachelle Shubert

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