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''' Abraham Goldfaden ''' (1840-1908) was an Ukrainian-born Jewish playwright and composer. Hebrew and Yiddish-language poet, producer, theatre director and dramatist. The father of Jewish modern theatre. Born in Starokonstantinov [Russia]. In 1876 founded in Romania the world's first professional Yiddish-language theater troupe.

==Works==

====Operettas====
*[[Bar Kokhba (1883 Goldfaden), opera]]
**[[Bar Kochba; or, The Last Hour of Zion (1908 Goldfaden), opera (English ed.)]]

*[[Kenig Ahashverosh; oder, Kenigin Ester (1887 Goldfaden), opera]]

*[[Judas Maccabaeus (1892 Goldfaden), play]]

*[[Judith and Holofernes (1892 Goldfaden), play]]

==External links==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abraham_Goldfaden Wikipedia]
*[http://www.4-wall.com/index.html Guide to World Drama]



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