YOYSEF (JOSEF) KLARMAN

YOYSEF (JOSEF) KLARMAN (September 9, 1909-November 29, 1985)

            He was a Hebrew and Yiddish journalist, born in Busko-Zdrój, Poland.  He received a traditional education.  He graduated from a teachers’ seminary in Warsaw.  He was a member of the Revisionist Party and Betar in Poland.  From 1940 he was living in the land of Israel.  He wrote articles for: Doar hayom (Today’s mail), Hatsfira (The siren), Hayom (Today), Hamashkif (The observer), and other Hebrew-language publications.  He also contributed to Warsaw’s Haynt (Today) and Moment (Moment).  In 1932 he edited the daily Unzer togblat (Our daily newspaper) in Sosnovits (Sosnowiec) and Zaglembyer tsaytung (Zagłębie newspaper) in Bendin (Będzin).  From 1934 he was editing the Revisionist organ Unzer velt (Our world) in Warsaw.  He was a correspondent for Tog (Day) in New York and Unzer ekspres (Our express) in Warsaw.  He authored the pamphlet: Der sheker fun h’ ben guryon (The lie of Mr. Ben Gurion) (Warsaw, 1932/1933), 32 pp.  He died in Tel Aviv.

Sources: David Tidhar, Entsiklopedyah leḥalutse hayishuv uvonav (Encyclopedia of the pioneers and builders of the yishuv), vol. 17 (Tel Aviv, 1968); Avrom Zak, Geven a yidish poyln, eseyen un dermonungen (There was a Jewish Poland, essays and remembrances) (Buenos Aires, 1968), pp. 146-47; Yalkut moreshet (Tel Aviv) (April 1969), pp. 47-48; Ehud Avriel, Petaḥ shearim (Open the gates) (Tel Aviv, 1976), pp. 151-52, 155.

Ruvn Goldberg