Yehudit Kafri

Yehudit Kafri was born in 1935 in Ein HaHoresh

Yehudit Kafri was born on February 6, 1935, in Kibbutz Ein HaHoresh. Her parents were among its founders, and she belonged to the first group of children born there. She wrote poems from a young age.

After her marriage she moved to Kibbutz Sasa, where she wrote her first poetry book. It was published in 1962, after she had moved with her family to Kibbutz Shoval. There she published more poetry and children's books and began writing prose.

From 1989 she lived in Mazkeret Batya with her husband, Gad Meiri, and kept writing poetry and editing biographies. Her childhood memoir was published in 1997 and sold several editions. In 2003 she published a historical novel about Zosha Poznanska, a Red Orchestra member killed by the Gestapo, which was later published in English and Polish.

She published 20 books and translated works from English and German. She served as secretary of the Kibbutz Artzi writers' organization and was a left-wing activist and a member of Machsom Watch. She died on January 9, 2026.