#i apologize this one is grainy but i wanted eng sub so you can see the beautiful lyrics

[nesyanast]

Thinking about how in 1983 Ofra Haza, a Yemenite-Jew refugee, sang the song Chai at Eurovision in Munich, Germany 11 years after the Munich Massacre and only four decades after the Holocaust, with a song where the chorus says Am Yisrael Chai - The Nation of Israel Lives and it's all about joyous survival. (She placed second)

#jumblr #jewish #jews #nesyapost #jewish culture #jewish history #Jewish music #Israeli music #yemenite jew #ofra haza #am yisrael chai #i apologize this one is grainy but i wanted eng sub so you can see the beautiful lyrics