Video of Israelis singing their national anthem, "Hatikvah," in unison from their balconies went viral. Less than a week into war with the terrorist organization Hamas, Israelis sang as one choir, ...

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In one of the great ironies of Jewish history, the much-beloved Israeli national anthem was written by Naftali Herz Imber (1856-1909), a complex and deeply flawed vagabond, drunkard, and buffoon known ...

Executive Director at Penn Hillel Rabbi Gabe Greenberg and the crowd singing the Hatikvah at the Vigil for Israel on Oct. 10. Credit: Derek Wong The entire crowd at College Green turned to the east ...

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 ...

Amid the rise of antisemitism all over the world, the American Friends of the Israel Philharmonic Orchestra (AFIPO) announced on Tuesday the launch of "Global Hatikvah," an initiative to "inspire hope ...

When Neshama Carlebach recently recorded for us a slightly different, more inclusive version of Hatikvah (one first suggested by our language columnist, Philologos), the reaction from some was ...

Hatikvah, literally The Hope, is the Israeli National Anthem. It relates to the 2000-year-old hope of the Jews to be a free, sovereign nation in Israel. Franky Perez, a French singer, producer and ...

Avraham Fuah being arrested for singing Hatikva on Har Habayit. Feb. 8, 2106. Avraham Puah, 19, was arrested by police after he began to sing Hatikvah on Temple Mount Monday. Police say the youth was ...