Creator Bio
Rafael Klatchkin
1907–1987
Born in Volkovysk (now Belarus), singer and lyricist Rafael Klatchkin immigrated to Mandatory Palestine in 1921 and joined the Habima Theatre in 1928, after it, too, relocated to Palestine. In addition to his influence on the stage, Klatchkin acted in many popular Israeli films, including Chalutzim (1933), the first Israeli sound film. Klatchkin continued to act in a variety of Israeli films well into the 1970s.
Entries in the Posen Library by This Creator
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Have Faith the Day Will Come
This day is our war, my sister,
So I am far away from here.
Please keep our rendez-vous
In our tiny kitchen
Before my usual chair
Fill a glass of wine
And treat it as if I am
Sitting across from…