List of songs about Jerusalem


This is a list of songs about Jerusalem, including major parts of the city such as individual neighborhoods and sections. Religiously significant to all three Abrahamic religions for centuries, Jerusalem has been artistically associated with widely varied concepts. There are many songs about Jerusalem from various time periods, especially nationalistically-themed songs from the time of the Six-Day War, when East Jerusalem passed from Jordanian control to Israeli.
Additionally many Biblical Psalms, styled as songs, were written specifically about Jerusalem. Jewish liturgy and hymns are rife with references to Jerusalem.

Hebrew language

National and folk songs

Jewish liturgy

Shabbat [zemirot]

  • "Tzur Mishelo Achalnu" – the last two stanzas are about having compassion for the city of Zion and for a restoration there.
  • "Ya Ribon Olam" – is a song in Hebrew and Aramaic whose final stanza is about the restoration of the Temple in "Jerusalem, City of Beauty"
  • "Yom zeh l'Yisrael" – the final stanza asks God to remember the ruined city, Jerusalem.

Arabic language

English language

Italian language

Russian language