Creator Bio
Yehonatan Geffen
1947–2023
Yehonatan Geffen was born in Moshav Nahalal in pre-State Israel. In the early 1970s, he was a foreign correspondent for the Israeli daily Maariv, and spent several years in London and New York. Geffen has also written prose, poetry, plays, and satiric musical shows. He lives in Tel Aviv and Los Angeles.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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The Sixteenth Lamb—Songs and Stories for Children
How is a song born?
Like a baby.
At first it hurts
But then, it comes out
And everyone is happy
And suddenly—
How wonderful!
It’s walking
All on its own.
How is a song born?
Like…
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There’s No Place Like Israel
Sometimes, when I return from a trip abroad, I try to imagine that I am a new immigrant. You know, the first time that I arrived in Israel from the Diaspora, with all the pekelech and hopes, and…