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The song is considered one of Israel's unofficial anthems, and is the most-commonly played song on Yom HaShoah (the Holocaust Remembrance Day) in Israel.

A Walk to Caesarea

Poem by Hannah Szenes
"A Walk to Caesarea", also commonly known by the opening words "Eli, Eli" in the song version, is a poem in Hebrew written in 1942 by Hungarian Jewish WWII resistance fighter Hannah Szenes, which Israeli composer David Zehavi set to music in 1945.... Wikipedia
Originally published: 1942
Language: Hebrew
Original title: הליכה לקיסריה‎
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