It’s no secret that many of Israel’s Arab citizens do not particularly embrace Israel’s national anthem, “Hatikva,” what with its talk of the “Jewish soul” yearning for Zion for 2,000 years. Last year ...

Israeli singers Omer Adam and Noa Kirel met at a studio and decided that now, with the end of Operation Guardian of the Walls, Israelis must remember that one cannot lose hope. "So we took our amazing ...

Romanian oxen and a chronic alcoholic are not the likeliest progenitors of the Israeli national anthem. But that’s “Hatikva” for you. The globetrotting Galician poet who wrote it died over a century ...

Very cute Neshama Carlebach. She changed the lyrics to Hatikva. For some reason, now people felt it was necessary to change the words to Hatikvah. It bothers me on many levels. Agreed, to some extent, ...