# Neve Shir

> Israeli choir

**Wikidata**: [Q126142022](https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q126142022)  
**Source**: https://4ort.xyz/entity/neve-shir

## Summary
Neve Shir is an Israeli choir founded in 1961 that works in the field of choral music. The ensemble is associated with musical conductor Nathan Margalit and maintains an online presence via a Hebrew website and a Facebook page.

## Key Facts
- Founded (inception): 1961.
- Instance of: choir (ensemble of singers).
- Field of work: choral music.
- Musical conductor: Nathan Margalit.
- Official website: https://www.neveshir.org/ (Hebrew).
- Facebook: neveshir.ensemble.
- Wikimedia Commons image: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Neve_Shir_Choir_at_Beit_HaNassi_Zalman_Shazar.webp.
- Commons category: Neve Shir choir.
- MusicBrainz artist ID: f20a88b6-15b2-4f49-80df-5f8f866bda1a.
- National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007270559305171.
- Wikipedia/Wikimedia presences: entries on Wikimedia Commons and Hebrew Wikipedia (sitelink_count: 2).

## FAQs
### Q: What is Neve Shir?
A: Neve Shir is an Israeli choir established in 1961 that performs and works in the field of choral music.

### Q: Who leads Neve Shir?
A: The ensemble is associated with musical conductor Nathan Margalit.

### Q: Where can I find more information about Neve Shir online?
A: Neve Shir’s official website is https://www.neveshir.org/ (Hebrew) and the choir has a Facebook page under the handle neveshir.ensemble. Additional media appear on Wikimedia Commons.

## Why It Matters
Neve Shir is part of Israel’s choral-music landscape. Founded in 1961, the choir represents a sustained institutional presence in the field of choral music. That longevity, combined with a named musical conductor, indicates an established ensemble structure and ongoing musical activity. The choir’s documentation across public resources—an official website in Hebrew, a Facebook page, a Wikimedia Commons category and image, a MusicBrainz artist identifier, and a National Library of Israel identifier—makes it discoverable and verifiable across cultural and bibliographic platforms. For researchers, music historians, and audiences interested in Israeli choral traditions, these identifiers and online resources support locating recordings, visual media, and authoritative metadata. In short, Neve Shir contributes to the documented network of choirs and choral practice in Israel and is accessible for further study through standard music and library databases.

## Notable For
- Being an Israeli choir established in 1961, indicating a multi-decade presence in choral music.
- Explicit identification of its musical conductor, Nathan Margalit.
- Having an official Hebrew-language website and an active Facebook presence.
- Documentation in public media and authority databases (Wikimedia Commons, MusicBrainz, National Library of Israel).
- Presence on Wikimedia/Wikipedia platforms (Commons and Hebrew Wikipedia).

## Body

### Overview
- Name: Neve Shir.
- Description: Israeli choir.
- Instance type: choir (ensemble of singers).
- Field of work: choral music.
- Wikidata description: Israeli choir.

### History
- Inception year: 1961.
- The available record indicates the choir was founded in 1961. No additional historical dates are provided in the source material.

### Leadership
- Musical conductor: Nathan Margalit.
- The source lists Nathan Margalit as the choir’s musical conductor.

### Online presence and public media
- Official website: https://www.neveshir.org/ (language qualifier: Hebrew).
- Facebook handle: neveshir.ensemble.
- Wikimedia Commons: image available at the supplied file path and a Commons category named "Neve Shir choir".
- Wikipedia/Wikimedia language links: entries on Wikimedia Commons and Hebrew Wikipedia (sitelink_count: 2).

### Identifiers and cataloging
- MusicBrainz artist ID: f20a88b6-15b2-4f49-80df-5f8f866bda1a.
- National Library of Israel J9U ID: 987007270559305171.

### Classification and relationships
- Related class: choir — defined as an ensemble of singers.
- The choir is classified under choral music as its field of work.
- Sitelink_count indicates presence in two Wikimedia language/resource pages (Commons and Hebrew Wikipedia).