Two Basque movies screen in San Sebastian main competition, multiple others, from ever more notable and noted filmmakers, play other sections or grace Basque showcase Zinemira. A drilldown: A debut ...

And now a cultural story with political overtones. "Jerusalem of Gold" is one of Israel's best-known songs. It became almost the second national anthem after the 1967 war when Israel defeated the ...

Israeli songwriter Naomi Shemer confessed on her deathbed to lifting the melody for Jerusalem of Gold from a Basque lullaby, after years of denying plagiarism, a newspaper reported yesterday.

A flap has emerged in Israel over the popular song "Jerusalem of Gold." Composed after Israel captured East Jerusalem in the Six-Day War, the song quickly became a sort of second national anthem. On ...