IMBER, NAPHTALI HERZ

(1856-1909)

American Hebrew poet. He was born in Galicia and went to Palestine in 1882, where he served as secretary and adviser on Jewish affairs to Laurence Oliphant (1882-8). He then returned to Europe and wandered as far as India, where he was wooed by missionaries; he was later accused of converting to Christianity. In 1892 he went to the US. His first volume of poems containedTekvatenuwhich asHa-Tikvahbecame the anthem of the Zionist movement and ultimately the Israeli national anthem.