Editing Naomi Shemer (section)

{{Short description|Israeli poet, musician and songwriter}}
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{{Infobox musical artist
| name              = Naomi Shemer
| image             = Naomi Shemer.jpg
| image_size        = 
| background        = solo_singer
| native_name       = נעמי שמר
| native_name_lang  = he
| birth_name        = Naomi Sapir
| birth_date        = {{birth date|mf=yes|1930|7|13}}
| death_date        = {{death date and age|2004|6|26|1930|7|13|mf=y}}
| death_place       = [[Tel Aviv-Yafo, Israel]]
| birth_place       = [[Kvutzat Kinneret]], [[Mandatory Israel|Israel]]
| instrument        = Vocals, piano
| years_active      = 1951-2004
| genre             = [[World music|World]], Israeli Folk
| past_member_of    = [[The Nahal Singers]]
| spouse            = {{Unbulleted list|{{marriage|Gideon Shemer|1954|1968|end=divorced}}|{{marriage|Mordechai Horowitz|1969|}}}}
| occupation        = Musician, songwriter
}}
[[File:Naomi Shemer's childhood home in Kvutzat Kinneret (4).jpg|thumb|Naomi Shemer's childhood home in Kvutzat Kinneret. This was one of the first 3 houses to be built and populated in 1929]]
'''Naomi Shemer''' ({{langx|he|נעמי שמר}}; July 13, 1930 – June 26, 2004) was a leading<ref>{{cite news |title='Jerusalem of Gold,' Israel Festival Song, Strikes Gold|newspaper=Billboard|date=October 21, 1967|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JUUEAAAAMBAJ&q=%22naomi+shemer%22+leading+songwriter&pg=PT10|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> [[Israelis|Israeli]] musician and songwriter, hailed as the "first lady of Israeli song and poetry."<ref>{{cite news|title=Naomi Shemer: First lady of Israeli song|first1=Sagui|last1=Ben-Nun|first2=Gidi|last2=Avivi|newspaper=Haaretz|date=June 27, 2004|url=http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/news/naomi-shemer-first-lady-of-israeli-song-1.126436|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=A Nation Mourns Naomi Shemer, Iconic Songstress|first=Miriam|last=Colton|newspaper=Forward|date=July 2, 2004|url=http://www.forward.com/articles/4929|access-date=November 28, 2010}}</ref> Her song "[[Jerusalem of Gold|Yerushalayim Shel Zahav]]" ("Jerusalem of Gold"), written in 1967, became an unofficial second [[anthem]] after Israel won the [[Six-Day War]] that year and [[Israeli annexation of East Jerusalem|annexed Jerusalem]].