“Hatikvah” is the very opposite of a sad song. It is a song of joy, and it is a song of hope. In 1933, “Hatikva” became the anthem of the Zionist movement because it is a song of ...

Such is its ubiquity, it’s hard to imagine a time when Yello’s electro-pop classic didn’t exist (the song has been featured in everything from movies to TV shows and confectionery adverts).