DOVID KLINGHOFER (June 7, 1886-January 15, 1964)
He was
born in Lemberg.[1] He studied in religious elementary
school. He graduated from a business
school in Lemberg. He was one of the
founders of Labor Zionism in Galicia. He
was a delegate to the Czernowitz Conference in 1908. Over the years 1914-1938, he lived in Vienna
and thereafter in the land of Israel. He
published, 1904-1914, over forty sketches and impressions in Lemberg’s Togblat (Daily newspaper), Dos naye Lemberger togblat (The new
Lemberg daily newspaper), Yudishe
arbayter (Jewish worker), Yudishe
frayhayt (Jewish freedom), Gershom Bader’s Folks-kalendarn (People’s calendars) and Shtrahlen (Beams [of light]); Varhayt
(Truth) and Yidishes tageblat (Jewish
daily newspaper) in New York; Letste
nayes (Latest news) and Dos vort (The
word), edited by M. Grosman, and Nayvelt
(New world) in Tel Aviv. He authored
poems, sketches, and memoirs. In book
form: Di tayflishe makht, a dramatishe stsene
in eyn akt (The diabolical authorities, a dramatic scenario in one act) (Lemberg,
1908), 14 pp. He died in Tel Aviv.
Sources: Zalmen Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 3; Meylekh Ravitsh, Mayn leksikon (My lexicon) (Montreal, 1958); Seyfer galitsye (Volume for Galicia) (Buenos Aires, 1968).
Dr. Volf Gliksman
[1] Information from Kinghofer’s son Sholem; Zalmen
Reyzen, Leksikon, vol. 3, give Shtsherits
(Shcherets) as the city of his birth.
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