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Hatikvah (Hebrew: הַתִּקְוָה, romanized: hattiqvā, ; lit. ' The Hope ') is the national anthem of the State of Israel.Part of 19th-century Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jewish people to return to the Land of Israel in order to reclaim it as a free and sovereign nation-state.
The Hatikvah widely permeated Jewish popular culture, promoted by famous singers such as the American Al Jolson. [5] Hatikvah was sung even outside the gas chambers. [6] The British military made the most famous recording of the Hatikvah, when it was sung by survivors of the Bergen Belsen Concentration Camp. [7]
The band's debut album, "Hatikvah 6", was released by Hatav Hashmini in August 2007, with the exception of "If I Meet God." The album also featured the songs "White Night" and "Gaydamak", written by Arkady Gaydamak . In 2008 , the band recorded a cover version of Arik Lavie 's song "I Will Sing You a Song" for the " Hebrew Work 2 " project. In ...
In the songbook Songs of My People (circa 1938), compiled in Chicago, the song "Am Yisrael Chai" appears. [ 7 ] On April 20, 1945, five days after the Bergen-Belsen concentration camp was liberated, British Army chaplain Leslie Hardman led a Friday evening Shabbat service for a few hundred survivors at the camp.
In 2022, Canadian-Israeli journalist Matti Friedman referenced the song title with his book, Who by Fire: Leonard Cohen in the Sinai. The book is an account of Cohen's experience performing in the Sinai. [4] A 2024 French-Canadian film, Who by Fire, directly references the song in its English-language title. [5]
"Jerusalem of Gold" (Hebrew: ירושלים של זהב, Yerushalayim Shel Zahav) is an Israeli song written by Naomi Shemer.Often contrasted to Israel's national anthem, Hatikva, the original song expressed the deep longing of many Jews to return to Jerusalem's Old City and eastern areas.
"Hevenu shalom aleichem" (Hebrew: הבאנו שלום עליכם "We brought peace upon you" [1]) is a Hebrew-language folk song based on the greeting Shalom aleichem.While perceived to be an Israeli folk song, the melody of "Hevenu shalom aleichem" pre-dates the current state of Israel and is of Hasidic origin.
At the Kovno Ghetto, poet Avrom Akselrod wrote the song with the melody of "Oyf'n Pripetshik" known under the titles "Baym geto toyerl" ("At the ghetto gate", the first line) and "Fun der arbet" ("Back from work"). The song is about smuggling (food, firewood, money) into the ghetto. [4] Ghetto survival depended on this smuggling. [5]