Zvi Zamir (1925) was the Director of the Mossad from 1968 to 1974. During his tenure he helped carry out Operation Wrath of God, the Israeli response to the Munich Massacre, and dealt with the leadup and aftermath of the Yom Kippur War in 1973. Zamir's first interview since his appointment as director came in 2000 when he spoke with the producer of One Day in September, a documentary on the Munich Massacre. Since then he has given several more interviews. Zamir was born in Poland and currently resides in Israel. 1925 (MCMXXV) was a common year starting on Thursday (link will take you to calendar). ... Official seal of the Mossad (help· info) (Hebrew: המוסד למודיעין ×•×œ×ª×¤×§×™×“×™× ×ž×™×•×—×“×™×, Institute for Intelligence and Special Operations [1]) is an Israeli intelligence agency, often referred to as Mossad. ... 1968 (MCMLXVIII) was a leap year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1968 calendar). ... 1974 (MCMLXXIV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (the link is to a full 1974 calendar). ... Overview In September 1972, the world was shaken with the kidnapping and murder of eleven Israeli athletes at the hands of Palestinian terrorists. ... One of the Black September terrorists on the balcony of the Israeli team quarters at the Olympic village The Munich massacre occurred during the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany, when members of the Israeli Olympic team were taken hostage by the Palestinian terrorist organization Black September – a group within... Combatants Israel Egypt, Syria, (Jordan, Iraq) Commanders Moshe Dayan, David Elazar, Ariel Sharon, Shmuel Gonen, Benjamin Peled Saad El Shazly, Ahmad Ismail Ali Strength 415,000 troops; 1,500 tanks, 3,000 armored carriers; 945 artillery units 100 mm and up; 561 airplanes, 84 helicopters; 38 warships. ... 1973 (MCMLXXIII) was a common year starting on Monday. ... This article is about the year 2000. ... One Day in September was a 1999 documentary film directed by Kevin Macdonald examining the September 5, 1972 killing of 11 Israeli athletes at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich, Germany. ...
As Abraham Zvi Idelsohn, the so-called "father of Jewish music research," comments in his seminal work Jewish Music: Its Historical Development, "In surveying the development of music in ancient Israel it is essential to consider the music of Israel's neighbors.
In so doing, we are enabled to draw a conclusion as to the extent to which Israel's music resembled that of the bordering countries of Palestine during the period of Israel's development as a nation and thereafter, through the Second Temple until its destruction." (p.
According to Dr. Joshua Jacobson, Founder and Artistic Director of the Boston Zamir Chorale, "During the Middle Ages, under the influence of the Kabbalah, Jewish bards began to compose zemirot, sacred songs for the Sabbath table.
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