Sharm El Sheikh is an Israeli song that commemorates the capture of

Sharm El Sheikh Sharm El Sheikh (, , literally "bay of the Sheikh"), alternatively rendered Sharm el-Sheikh, Sharm el Sheikh, or Sharm El-Sheikh, is an Egyptian city on the southern tip of the Sinai Peninsula, in South Sinai Governorate, on the coastal strip alo ...

during the

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. The song was sung by Yoel Dan and written by Dan, Ran Eliran, and Amos Ettinger.

History

It was the Six-Day War of the Arabs against the Israelis in June 1967. The Israeli public feared a dramatic defeat. Ran Eliran volunteered at the start of the war to entertain the troops. On the road between one performance for the military to another in the

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, the song Sharm El Sheikh was born. Eliran earned a

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. It was not only heard and enjoyed in Israel, but in the

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as well. It is a commonly used melody for the hymn "

Adon Olam Adon Olam (; "Eternal Lord" or "Sovereign of the Universe") is a hymn in the Jewish liturgy. It has been a regular part of the daily and Shabbat ( Sabbath) liturgy since the 15th century.Nulman, Macy, ''Encyclopedia of Jewish Prayer'' (1993, NJ ...

."Summit, Jeffrey, The Lord's Song in a Strange Land: Music and Identity in Contemporary Jewish Worship Volume, Oxford University Press, 2003, p. 174.

References

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