(JTA) — For the first time ever, a national commemoration ceremony for fallen soldiers in the Netherlands included the playing of the Israeli national anthem, “Hatikvah.” The unusual gesture ...

During nine months of government protests, followed by the Hamas attacks of October 7 and the subsequent rallies to bring home the hostages, “Hatikvah,” Israel’s anthem, became one of the ...

Those babies are all our babies. Every mother has held onto her baby as tightly as Shiri was holding on to them in the ...

“Hatikvah.” “Right now, I cannot sing an anthem that includes the words ‘Beats true a Jewish heart,'” Salim Joubran said in an interview published in the Israel Bar Association’s ...

as Israel’s footballers sang the wistful words of the national anthem: “Jewish glances turning East / To Zion fondly dart.” ...

Before the vigil’s closing, the crowd joined in on singing Hatikvah, Israel’s national anthem, led by Gilad Mills, a Harvard Law School student. The vigil ended as attendees placed yellow ...