{"id":74617,"date":"2023-05-15T09:09:18","date_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:09:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/?p=7509"},"modified":"2023-05-15T09:09:18","modified_gmt":"2023-05-15T14:09:18","slug":"yerushalayim-shel-zahav-by-laurie-akers-jewish-rock-radio-song-of-the-week-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/yerushalayim-shel-zahav-by-laurie-akers-jewish-rock-radio-song-of-the-week-2\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Yerushalayim Shel Zahav\u2019 by Laurie Akers \u2013 Jewish Rock Radio Song of the Week"},"content":{"rendered":"<img width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-694x1024.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 694px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 694\/1024;display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" data-srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot.jpg 868w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" \/><noscript><img width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-694x1024.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" style=\"display: block; margin-bottom: 5px; clear:both;max-width: 100%;\" link_thumbnail=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-694x1024.jpg 694w, https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-203x300.jpg 203w, https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-768x1133.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot.jpg 868w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 694px) 100vw, 694px\" \/><\/noscript><p>Jerusalem is a SPECIAL place. There\u2019s nothing like walking through the Old City, visiting the shuk, and watching the entire city come to a halt on Shabbat. To me, this represents the HOPE of peace and unity between people of different beliefs and backgrounds. Jerusalem Day is this week, and so it\u2019s the perfect time to share this cover of Naomi Shemer\u2019s \u201cYerushalayim Shel Zahav\u201d (\u201cJerusalem of Gold\u201d) from vocal powerhouse Cantor Laurie Akers. Happy Yom Yerushalayim!  -Rick Recht<\/p>\n<p>Learn more about Laurie at <a href=\"http:\/\/facebook.com\/laurieakersmusic\">facebook.com\/laurieakersmusic<\/a> and listen to tons of other great Jewish artists at <a href=\"https:\/\/jewishrockradio.com\/\">jewishrockradio.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/plugins\/video.php?height=314&#038;href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Fjewishrockradio%2Fvideos%2F362314405880414%2F&%23038;show_text=false&%23038;width=560&%23038;t=0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" style=\"border:none;overflow:hidden\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" allow=\"autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; picture-in-picture; web-share\" allowFullScreen=\"true\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" class=\"lazyload\" data-load-mode=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Video not available? <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/jewishrockradio\/videos\/362314405880414\">Try watching it here.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" data-src=\"https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-694x1024.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image lazyload\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"data:image\/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAAAAACH5BAEKAAEALAAAAAABAAEAAAICTAEAOw==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 694px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 694\/1024;\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"694\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.jkidsradio.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/05\/Laurie-Akers-headshot-694x1024.jpg\" class=\"webfeedsFeaturedVisual wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\"><\/noscript>Jerusalem is a SPECIAL place. There\u2019s nothing like walking through the Old City, visiting the shuk, and watching the entire city come to a halt on Shabbat. To me, this represents the HOPE of peace and unity between people of different beliefs and backgrounds. Jerusalem Day is this week, and so it\u2019s the perfect time [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":16,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[11820],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74617"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/16"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=74617"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74617\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":85391,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/74617\/revisions\/85391"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=74617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=74617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.crescentcityjewishnews.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=74617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}