A Walk to Caesarea

A Walk to Caesarea 
by Hannah Szenes
Original title הליכה לקיסריה
Written 1942
Language Hebrew

"A Walk to Caesarea" (Hebrew: הליכה לקיסריה), also commonly known by the opening words Eli, Eli (Hebrew: אֵלִי, אֵלִי, "My God, My God") in the song version, is a poem written in 1942 by Hungarian Jewish resistance fighter Hannah Szenes,[1] which Israeli composer David Zehavi set to music in 1945.[2] The song is considered one of Israel's unofficial anthems.[2]

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