 Oliphant's secretary Naftali Herz Imber, author of the Israeli national anthem, Hatikva, lived with them..In the Holy Land, they were in touch with the Jewish pioneers of the First Aliyah, donating 1,000 roubles to the founding settlers of Yesud HaMa'ala.He is regarded as having been "central" to "the establishment and survival" of Rosh Pinna and Zikhron Ya’akov.