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Biography
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Abraham Goldfaden
Abraham Goldfaden, Yiddish: אברהם גאָלדפֿאַדען; (born Avrum Goldnfoden; the Romanian spelling Avram Goldfaden is common; 24 July 1840 in Starokostiantyniv - 9 January 1908 in New York) was an Ukrainian-born Jewish poet, playwright, stage director and actor in the languages Yiddish and Hebrew, author of some 40 plays. Goldfaden is considered the father of the modern Jewish theatre.