Abraham Goldfaden

Abraham Goldfaden Yiddish : ; (born Avrum Goldnfoden ; the Romanian spelling Avram Goldfaden is common; 24 July 1840 in Starokostiantyniv – 9 January 1908 in New York) was a Russian -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 Jewish modern theatre.