Naftali Herz Imber
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Naftali Herz Imber was a Jewish Hebrew-language poet, most notable for writing "Hatikvah", the poem that became the basis for the Israeli national anthem.
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Hatikvah
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"Hatikvah" is the national anthem of the State of Israel. Part of 19th-century Jewish poetry, the theme of the Romantic composition reflects the 2,000-year-old desire of the Jewish people to return to
Naftali Herz Imber
…Hebrew: נפתלי הרץ אימבר, Yiddish: נפתלי הערץ אימבער; December 27, 1856 – October 8, 1909) was a Jewish Hebrew-language poet, most notable for writing "Hatikvah", the poem that became the basis for the Israeli national anthem. Naftali Herz Imber was born in Złoczów (now Zolochiv, Ukraine), a city in Galicia…
Poem lyrics below an Israeli flag
Imber's handwritten text of the poem