March 03, 1978 • Page Image 48
…48', , Friday, March 3, 1918 THE DETROIT: JEWISH NEWS THE HEBREW CREATIVITY OF NAFTALI HERZ EMBER In the context of the recent centenary of "Hatikvah" it is one of . the oddities of the history of Hebrew letters that Naftali HeFz Imber, author of "Hatik- vah," was never recognized as a substan- tial major Hebrew poet and publicist. Born 1856 in Zlochow, Galicia, he was somewhat of a child prodigy in Hebrew. At ten years of age he composed a...…

















































