goldberg/jacob

Lives in the Yiddish Theatre
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN THE Yiddish THEATRE
aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER"
1931-1969

Jacob Goldberg

G. was born on 16 September 1881 in Iasi, Rumania.

His parents were merchants.

He received a genuine Yiddish education.

He learned for two years in yeshivas and in Marmarosh Sigiet.

In 1898 he came to America. Here he worked as an employee in a store and was a prompter in a dramatic club. He then became a professional prompter.

Sh. E.

Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the "Lexicon of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig, Volume 1, page 266.