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An Anthem of Hope

If the flag was the visual symbol of rebirth, Hatikvahwas its soundtrack.

“Our hope is not yet lost,
The hope of two thousand years,
To be a free people in our land,
The land of Zion and Jerusalem.”

Hope had carried the Jewish people through exile, persecution, and even the Holocaust. As Holocaust survivor, author, and advocate Elie Wiesel wrote, “Just as a man cannot live without dreams, he cannot live without hope.” This hope was not vague optimism, but rooted in God’s promises through the prophets. As the prophet Jeremiah said in Lamentations:

“Yet this I call to mind and therefore I have hope:
Because of the Lord’s great love we are not consumed,
for his compassions never fail.” (3:21–22)

Every time the anthem is sung and the flag is raised, Israel remembers: hope was never lost. It was hope in God’s faithfulness that sustained generations and that continues to sustain His people today.