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| | Federation in the News: First Person - Hatikvah in the Village (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-03) |
 | | If someone had turned on the radio in Mulukuku, Nicaragua, on May 28, 2005, they would have heard "Hatikvah," the Israeli national anthem. |
 | | Without hesitation, we included "Hatikvah." We were all proud that our Jewish values had led us to this village, had motivated us to look beyond ourselves, had instilled in us a sense of moral duty. |
 | | As our voices rang out through the static of radios all over the village, I thought of the likelihood that the Israeli national anthem be broadcast in Nicaragua, and smiled. |
| www.jewishla.org /news/html/0805-nicaragua.html (797 words) |
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