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Ido Hevroni on Teaching Homer in Wartime
The dust and blood and bronze of the Trojan War come to life in Gaza.
The Tikvah Podcast·Episode 360·May 17, 2024
Israel’s national anthem, “Hatikvah,” has a long and poignant history that traces back to a poem originally written by Naftali Herz Imber called “Tikvateinu.” This week, to mark the 76th anniversary of Israel’s founding, the historian and author Asael Abelman joins Mosaic’s editor Jonathan Silver to investigate that history. Together, they look at the biblical sources and national aspirations of the poem, examine some of the contemporary discussion surrounding it, and take stock of some of its mysteries and paradoxes. Foremost among those paradoxes is the fact that the state of Israel’s anthem is a song of longing for the day that there will be such a thing as a state of Israel.
Episode 424·Aug 28, 2025
The dust and blood and bronze of the Trojan War come to life in Gaza.
Episode 423·Aug 21, 2025
Has the field lost its way, and can it recover?
Episode 422·Aug 14, 2025
Two Centuries of Rebellion
Episode 421·Aug 7, 2025
Republicans remain staunchly pro-Israel, despite their social-media eccentrics
Episode 420·Jul 31, 2025
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