Abraham Goldfaden was born on July 24, 1840 in Starokonstantinov, Volhynian Governorate, Russian Empire [now Starokostiantyniv, Khmelnytskyi Oblast, Ukraine]. He was a writer, known for
Di farshtoysene tokhter (1915),
Two Kuni Lemel (1966) and
Shulamith (1931). He died on January 9, 1908 in New York City, New York, USA.