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 ...

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 ...

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, ...

While Israel just celebrated 77 years of independence, some say its future looks cloudy. These are turbulent days for the Jewish State, with its ongoing war on the outside and deeply divided politics ...

It all started with a question: Is there one song that all Israelis sing? I expected the answer to be simple. What I discovered was a rich, passionate, nuanced conversation about the Israeli national ...

As I listened to “Hatikvah” over and over again, I reminded myself of why I had come to this country in the first place as a still-young entering unknown, uncharted territory. The confluence of Yom ...

During a moving dedication of the Hatikvah Holocaust Memorial in the lobby of the Springfield Jewish Community Center on May 31, several area survivors spoke emotionally of what they saw and ...

The hope is for New Yorkers to sing from their balconies on Friday evening at 6 p.m. (New York Jewish Week) – As a nurse anesthesiologist, Elan Esterson was moved by the shows of support from his ...

Caught by the Tides, directed by Jia Zhangke, is a film about two individuals and their changing relationship over the course of two decades against the backdrop of a rapidly-evolving China. It ...