Popular Music in Israel

Before the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Hebrew songs were disseminated as printed postcards, booklets, and other published materials. Hebrew songs were composed for the Zionist movement and were used to create a new symbolic and aesthetic vocabulary for the new nation. Early Hebrew popular songs were composed in Europe in the second half of the ninteenth century with the rise of the Zionist movement, which sought to bring the Jewish people back to their homeland—Zion or Before the establishment of the state of Israel in 1948, Hebrew songs were disseminated as printed postcards, booklets, and other published materials. Hebrew songs were composed for the Zionist movement and were used to create a new symbolic and aesthetic vocabulary for the new nation. Early Hebrew popular songs were composed in Europe in the second half of the ninteenth century with the rise of the Zionist movement, which sought to bring the Jewish people back to their homeland—Zion or ...