Re[2]: Israeli National Anthem Alternative

[richard_wolpoe <richard_wolpoe...>]

And when I was in Yeshiva, they belittled Hatikvah because it lacked any 
reference to God...

Rich Wolpoe


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Subject: Re: Israeli National Anthem Alternative  
Author:  <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org> at Tcpgate
Date:    3/25/98 10:31 AM


I believe the other nominee for the Israeli National Anthem was the Yossele 
Rosenblatt version of the "Shir Hamaalot" psalm. This was rejected by the 
secularists because it makes reference to God and has religious overtones. 
Frank Boches.