Barbra Streisand plays first ever show in Israel
http://www.wptv.com/dpp/entertainment/celebrity/Barbra-Streisand-plays-first-ever-show-in-Israel_35331910
Veteran entertainer BARBRA STREISAND thrilled fans at her
first ever concert in Israel
by singing the country's national anthem in Hebrew.
The Jewish singer performed her debut gig at the Bloomfield
Stadium in Tel Aviv on Thursday night (20Jun13) to an audience of 16,000
delighted devotees.
During her two-and-a-half hour set, Streisand admitted
playing in Israel
felt "special" and "different" because it represented a
"very special connection to my roots and my family" and she closed
the show by singing the country's national anthem Hatikva, according to
Haaretz.com.
Before singing the special song, she told the audience,
"(Hatikva's) deeply moving words are a prayer that suggests that as long
as the heart within a Jewish soul still yearns, hope is never lost. So tonight
on this very special occasion, I sing this with the continued hope that we may
learn from with yesterday (sic), live for today, and continue to strive for a
better tomorrow."
The star will play a second night at the stadium on
Friday (21Jun13