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Hatikvah is an unusual national anthem. Its author, Naftali Hertz Imber, had many detractors, and was a plagiarist, drinker, gossip, and freeloader; the tune for Hatikvah was taken from a Romanian ...

A win over France was no doubt the highest point for Israel, while a close loss to host Poland after having heard the Israeli national anthem Hatikvah booed loudly was one of the lowest. Short ...

The original last three lines of the poem read, “the ancient hope to return to the land of our fathers, to the city where [King] David dwelt.” After Israel’s creation, the lines were changed to put ...

At the Boulder Jewish Community Center (JCC) vigil for the attack on the Israeli march, when the crowd sang Hatikvah — the national anthem of Israel, a state razing Gaza — I didn’t hear healing. I ...

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The British Jewish community came together to mark the second anniversary of the Israeli October 7th attacks in Trafalgar Square this afternoon (October 5). The crowd observed a minute silence for the ...

Barclays Center in Brooklyn turns blue and white as the Nets host Hapoel Jerusalem for a friendly preseason match.

BALTIMORE — The Maryland Office of the Council on American Islamic Relations released a statement on Friday demanding that the Howard County Public School System stop using a music book at Dunloggin ...

Anti-Defamation League CEO Jonathan Greenblatt caught himself during an interview this week after referring to Israel’s national anthem as “our national anthem.” “Think about this. The national symbol ...