Naomi Shemer () (July 13 1930 – June 26 2004) was one of Israel's most important and prolific song writers. During her lifetime, she was hailed as the "First Lady of Israeli Song." Born Naomi Sapir, Shemer did her own songwriting and composing, as well as setting famous poems to music, such as those of the Israeli poet, Rachel, and adapting well-known songs into Hebrew, such as the Beatles song "Hey Jude" and "Let it Be" ("Lu Yehi"). [LINK: [Image:Shemer.jpg|250px|right|thumb|Israeli] songwriter Naomi Shemer's grave on the shores of the Sea of Galilee (Kinneret). The stones were left by visitors, in keeping with an ancient Jewish custom]] Naomi Shemer was born and raised in Kevutzat Kinneret, a kibbutz on the shore of Sea of Galilee, which her parents had helped to found. In the 1950s she served in the Israeli Defense Force's Nahal entertainment troupe and studied music at the Rubin Academy

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