Re: "Hatikvah"

[Bob Wiener <wiener...>]

I wonder what they would play if an Israel would win a medal at the
Olympics.  But that doesn't make it Israel's National Anthem.

I imagine that there are dozens, if not hundreds, of references to Hatikva
as Israel's National Anthem.

Here's just one:

The History of 'Hatikva': Israel's National Anthem
http://www.ourjerusalem.com/

Bob


----- Original Message -----
From: "Robert Cohen" <rlcm17 (at) hotmail(dot)com>
To: "World music from a Jewish slant" <jewish-music (at) shamash(dot)org>
Sent: Sunday, September 15, 2002 1:11 PM
Subject: Re: "Hatikvah"


> > >> (BTW, has Hatikva been adopted as Israel's national anthem?)
> > >
>
> >Since Statehood, I believe, if not before.
>
>
> Not so.
>
> Although "Hatikvah" was adopted as the *Zionist* "anthem" (whatever that
> means) at a Zionist Congress (I believe the Fifth, but don't remember for
> sure) in 1933--and although numerous Internet sites, e.g., refer to it as
> the "Israeli national anthem"--the Israel Consulate confirmed for me what
> other sources suggested--that the State of Israel has (surprisingly!)
> *never* adopted "Hatikvah" (or, certainly, any other song) as a national
> anthem.  Israel doesn't *have* an official national anthem--although,
> obviously, "Hatikvah" is recognized by Jews around the world as though it
> were such.
>
> Keep in mind that the United States took, I believe, 155 years before it
> adopted a national anthem--which was 117 years after our American anthem
> (like many others, I wish we had a different one--and I *don't* mean "God
> Bless America) was written, in 1814, to a well-established melody.
>
> I wish all of us, and Jews who live under whatever formal or informal
> anthem, strength, sustenance, and peace in the year that's begun--and may
> all our wishes be fulfilled for the good.
>
> --Robert Cohen
>
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