Comparison between Hatikvah and HaEmunah
To hear Al Jolson, sing Hatikvah with the original lyrics written by Naphtali Hertz Imber in 1886, click here. The music was composed by Samuel Cohen, who based the melody on a musical theme from Bedrich Smetana's Moldau.
To learn more about Al Jolson, read
his biography here or
here.
To read the article that compares the texts, click here.
To read the original texts, click here. To view the worksheet comparing Hatikvah and HaEmunah, go here.