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Lecture

Philip Rubenstein
Hatikvah: Israel’s National Anthem That Almost Wasn’t

Wednesday 30.04.2025

How to watch

This lecture starts on 30 April at 5:00pm (UK).

Summary

The Orthodox didn’t want it, the socialists didn’t want it–even the father of modern Zionism, Theodor Herzl, didn’t want it. This is the story of Hatikvah, a tale of hope triumphing over adversity, and told in celebration of Yom Ha'atzmaut and the 77th birthday of the State of Israel.

Philip Rubenstein

an image of Philip Rubenstein

Philip Rubenstein was director of the Parliamentary War Crimes Group, which, in the mid-to-late 1980s, campaigned to bring Nazi war criminals living in the UK to justice. Philip was also the founder-director of the Holocaust Educational Trust and played a role in getting the study of the Shoah onto the national school’s curriculum in the UK. These days, he works with family businesses, advising on governance and continuity from one generation to the next.