tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post1360202439227037878..comments2024-01-21T02:58:08.208-05:00Comments on On the Main Line: Naphtali Herz Imber on FreedomMississippi Fred MacDowellhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02734864605700159687noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-19486038421800196532012-03-25T04:28:12.270-04:002012-03-25T04:28:12.270-04:00I've definitely heard "Am Kadosh" su...I've definitely heard "Am Kadosh" sung by religious Zionists. I don't think it fits the meter, though.<br /><br />Oh, and "B'Kol Aretzeinu" by rightists. :-)Nachumnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-64183238716114593662012-03-23T00:14:39.567-04:002012-03-23T00:14:39.567-04:00DF:
which possuk?DF:<br /><br />which possuk?abba's rantingshttp://abbasrantings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-69212048048197651192012-03-22T12:32:43.423-04:002012-03-22T12:32:43.423-04:00The whole concept behind Hatikvah and not losing h...The whole concept behind Hatikvah and not losing hope is based on a possuk in Yechezkel in the Valley of the Dry Bones. {In turn, the cartoon strip Dry Bones is based on the same chapter.] A lot of peeps dont know this.DFhttp://www.yahoo.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-75324473279108640452012-03-21T20:36:05.179-04:002012-03-21T20:36:05.179-04:00Fascinating (both the post and the comments).Fascinating (both the post and the comments).Baruchnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-25037771641148625232012-03-21T19:28:55.452-04:002012-03-21T19:28:55.452-04:00and imber published some wacky mysticism stuff in ...and imber published some wacky mysticism stuff in americaAbba's Rantingshttp://abbasrantings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12600498.post-9325620835355905132012-03-21T19:25:45.473-04:002012-03-21T19:25:45.473-04:00"in light of the criticism which was leveled ..."in light of the criticism which was leveled at the poem which speaks of "a free people" but does not mention God"<br /><br />imber's original poem was longer and even the two stanzas that remain today are somewhat different in various places. most importantly, he wrote he didn't write להיות עם חפשי בארצנו as we have today, but rather:<br />עוד לא אבדה תקותנו<br />התקוה הנושנה<br />לשוב לארץ אבותינו<br />לעיר בה חנה דוד<br /><br />the phrase להיות עם חפשי בארצנו בארץ ציון וירושלים was introduced by yehuda leib matmon cohen and i assume (but have no idea) that עם חפשי was a political statement, not a religious statement. even this change was not universally accepted and a few decades later some argued to retain imber's original text.<br /><br />hatikvah has a fascinating and tumultuous history (as told by jacob kabakoff in his biography of imber)<br /><br />btw, a friend of mine told me about 7 years ago that in shulamith his daughter was taught להיות עם יהודי בארצנו (or something like that)Abba's Rantingshttp://abbasrantings.blogspot.comnoreply@blogger.com