title: The Israeli anthem and its dental connection.
abstract: In 1892 an article on dentistry among the ancient Israelites appeared in the popular dental journal Items of Interest. It was written by Naphthali Herz Imber, an obscure wandering poet and writer who had traveled through most of the world, but achieved immortality for having written the poem Ha Tikva, or The Hope, which became the national anthem of the State of Israel. However, searches through biographies of Imber show no indication that he had any interest or attachment to dentistry.
authors.forename: Malvin E
authors.initials: ME
authors.lastname: Ring
mesh_terms: D006665:History of Dentistry; D049672:History, 19th Century; D049673:History, 20th Century; D007557:Israel; D007585:Jews / Q000266:history*; D009146:Music / Q000266:history*