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Re: creepy: Hatikvah
- From: Klezcorner <Klezcorner...>
- Subject: Re: creepy: Hatikvah
- Date: Wed 29 Dec 1999 02.17 (GMT)
In a message dated 12/28/99 5:35:02 PM, wiener (at) mindspring(dot)com writes:
<< The nine-stanza poem,
originally called 'Tikvatenu' (Our Hope), [and] was written in 1878 by
the itinerant Hebrew poet Naphtali Herz Imber (1856-1909)." I guess
that Hitler can't get "credit" for that. >>
Got You Bob,
I knew you'd be watching, so I specifically said "Hatikvah the Anthem" (of
Israel) not the poem. Unfortunately, Hitler does get credit, the world
"guilt" of the Holocaust was a primary mover in creating the Jewish State.
Simon
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