To Rabbi Lionel Rosenfeld and Steven Glass for inspiring us with the power of music to lift the spirit, and to Jonny Turgel, Stephen Levey and the Shabbaton Choir for continuing what they began,

To Shimon Craimer for his extraordinary contribution to this project,

To Gad Elbaz, Shay Gabso, Shlomo Gronich and the Sheba Choir, Eli Gerstner and the Chevra, Sam Glaser, Shalom Katz, Levi Levin, Matisyahi, Rev. Moshe Haschel and the Ne'imah Singers, and Lev Tahor, brilliant musicians all, for allowing us to use their music,

To Neshama Carlebach for allowing us to use the music and voice of her late father, Reb Shlomo Carlebach,To Trevor Horn, one of the world's great record producers, who produced the last three tracks,

To two supreme professionals without whom this project could not have been achieved: Anthony Broza, who produced the discs, giving his heart and soul to the undertaking, inspiring me with his dedication; and to Simon Wilkinson who not only acted as editor but also composed background music especially for this project,

To some very generous donors including: Lord and Lady Jacobs and The R and S Cohen Foundation and to others who wish to remain anonymous – whose wonderful generosity made this project possible.

Thanks also to UJIA for their additional financial support,

To those below who provided incidental music used underneath the words:

Itzhak Perlman (Remembrances, written by John Williams and supplied courtesy of EMI Music Publishing)

Bnei Baruch (Ki Chilattzta Nafshi, Bnei Heichala and Tzadik - music by Baal Hasulam)

Simon Wilkinson who specially composed and performed the following music for this project: CD1 Track 19, CD2 Tracks 1,9,17,19,21 and 23, all tracks courtesy Big Bam Boom Music (www.thebigbamboom.com)

Concertgebouw Orchestra conducted by Bernard Haitink Shostakovich Symphony No 5 in D minor, op.47, III Largo. Courtesy of Decca Music Group,

Particular thanks go to the Jerusalem Foundation for providing some of the archival materials used in the Cd Recording,

To Robert Rietti for his moving reading of the Yitzhak Rabin speech,

To Alan Aziz who helped liaise with musicians in Israel,

To Joanna and Rivka Benarroch who suggested two of the tracks,

To Shraga Weil and the Safrai Gallery, Jerusalem, for permission to use the beautiful picture on the cover of this booklet,

To Israel State Archives for the Ben Gurion Declaration of Israel Independence speech,

To Jewish Life Education Centre (UJIA London) for the Yitzhak Rabin speech,

To the Office of the Chief Rabbi team, Syma Weinberg, Leonie Lewis,
Paul Fabian, Alan Greenbat, Joanna Benarroch, Alison Ma'ayan,
Val San and Anna Sinclair; and with special thanks to Jonny Lethbridge and Dan Breger, who gave so much in so many ways,

To all those involved in the distribution of the discs worldwide,

And to everyone else who played a part in helping to create this project including all the musicians, artists, choirs, record companies, music publishers, engineers, sound studios and technical advisors,

Above all, to the people of the State of Israel, to whom these discs are dedicated:
May G-d bless the land and all its people with peace.