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Flowers in the Rifle Barrel
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When spring is asleep it palely awakens In fields of fire the final battle will cease And a wonderful morning from valley to hillside Will rise up in singing and in joy. The sun will stand still…

Contributor:

Dudu Barak

Places:

Jerusalem, Israel

Date:

1971

Subjects:

War, Israel/Israelis, Holidays, Activism, Liberalism

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Popular Poetry, Music
Esther’s Triumph
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Friends, let’s celebrate this day—Viva! Purim, occasion to be gay—Viva! Safe and free from Haman’s wrong, Let’s shout in unison this song—Viva, viva, viva . . . Esther, brilliant as the sun—Viva! G…

Contributor:

Moses L. Penha

Places:

Dutch Colonial Empire (Curaçao)

Date:

1847

Subjects:

Music, Colonialism, Women, Holidays, Ladino

Categories:

Performing Arts, Music, Popular Poetry, Poetry
Y’minah, Y’minah
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“Y’minah, Y’minah,” c. 1941. Photo credit: The Dorot Jewish Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations.

Contributor:

Corinne Chochem, Muriel Roth

Places:

Date:

ca. 1941

Subjects:

Dance, Holidays, Folklore

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Music
Sheet music with transliterated Hebrew lyrics and Hebrew and English text at bottom.
Why Should I Take It to Heart
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Why should I take it to heart I have new things on my mind, Imagination that helps me to forget at times. Why should I take it to heart I have so much before that to love, I always have friends…

Contributor:

Arik Einstein, Shalom Hanoch

Places:

Tel Aviv, Israel

Date:

1970

Subjects:

Holidays, Leisure, Love, Community, Liberalism

Categories:

Poetry, Literature, Popular Poetry, Music