Am Yisrael: a nation, a people, a heritage.

The contemporary definition
Made possible by sheer volition
Differs drastically from long ago
The Jewish people having long since grown.

As worldly complications and the passage of time
Spread Am Yisrael far and wide
There was born a new paradigm
Jews and gentiles side by side.

With the creation of the Jewish state
Established in 1948
Mounting tensions rose and fell
Revolving around Eretz Yisrael1.

What it meant then, to be a part of the whole
Passed all the way down since Abraham of old
A people united under Moshe Rabbeinu2
Who told us to worship one God, Aleinu3.

Nowadays, for Jews in the diaspora
Israel has become their source of pride
Standing up tall as they read from the Torah
Never again to run or hide.

After two thousand years of painful endurance
In my heart I know at least
Am Yisrael will never fall
The iron dwarf of the Middle East.

That is what it means
To be a member of the Hebrews
Pay no heed to blood or genes
For if you truly believe in a nation of Jews
Then you're part of Am Yisrael to me.

1:The land of Israel

2: Moses our teacher
3: It is our duty