Hatikvah

Soothing the soul with hope and soprano Sharon Azrieli

The concert series is the result of a lifetime of musical search by opera singer and cantor Sharon Azrieli.

OPERA SINGER and cantor Sharon Azrieli.
Israel's Manor Solomon in action with Italy's Riccardo Orsolini, World Cup qualifying in Hungary's Debrecen, September 8, 2025.

Israel's soccer team loses 5-4 to Italy in close-fought FIFA World Cup qualifier

Israeli wheelchair basketball player Ilay Yarhi plays against the UK wheelchair basketball team.

UK wheelchair basketball team snubs Israelis during Hatikva - interview

 President Isaac Herzog meets with Muslim leaders at the President's Residence in Jerusalem, July 7, 2025.

Reporter's Notebook: Herzog hosts European Muslim delegation


Marketplace: Hatikvah – The real story behind Israel’s anthem

Naftali Herz Imber

How it really was: A Wolfe without a donkey

The cow jumped over the moon

The human spirit: Eye-opening journey to Ethiopia

A SIGN for a Jewish village in Ethiopia

Hope springs eternal

The cultural roots of 'Hatikva' are revealed in concert.

Moran Choir

‘Multicultural Israel’ bill responds to Jewish nation-state proposal

Bill seeks to make Israel a state of all its citizens and change anthem, flag and symbol to also reflect Arab culture; Likud MKs call it "Palestinian nation-state bill"

MK Yousef Jabareen.

Arab-Israeli Supreme Court justice said he won't sing the national anthem

'If one day the words of the national anthem are changed, I think I won’t have any problem singing it.'

Child with Israel flag 370

Israeli-Arab MK: I'd rather die than sing Israeli anthem

To Balad leader Jamal Zehalka, the Israeli flag is "worse than a rag."

Israeli Arab lawmakers from the Joint Arab List (from L to R) Osama Saadi, Ahmed Tibi, Ayman Odeh, Masud Ganaim and Haneen Zoabi stand in front of the Dome of the Rock during a visit to the Temple Mount in Jerusalem's Old City July 28, 2015.

Escape from Cyprus: The story of ‘Hatikva'

As the passengers sang loudly, the Palestinian sawed the lock from a hatch cover in the floor of their cage.

Hatikvah crew members in Cyprus (from left) Hugh McDonald, Sam Gordon, Harold Katz, Joe Gilden and Murray Greenfield.