Zina Goldstein (1894–?) was a Yiddish theater actress and singer. She was born in

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, before moving to

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. Her parents, who were also musical, supported her becoming a singer. She joined Aryeh Schlossberg's chorus and was given small roles. She became the

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in Abram Yitzhak Zandberg's in

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, then worked in Rapel's troupe and for a short time in Kaminsky's. After the outbreak of the first world war, she became the primadonna in Łódź's Scala Theater, run by Julius Adler (b. 1880) and Herman Sierocki, where she played in a number of European operettas.Zylbercweig, Zalmen (1931).
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New York: Elisheva. In 1920 she was hired by

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in New York, where she played in . She later co-directed the Liberty Theater with Roland and with Louis Goldberg, whom she married. In 1929-1930 she played at Max Gabel's Public Theater (under the name Zina Goldberg).

"The Public Theatre carries an able cast to supplement the work of Satz. In Zina Goldstein they have an actress that emanates life, and who possesses a voice of fine culture."http://www.multiculturalcanada.ca/node/159339 Canadian Jewish Review

Songs

* by

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and

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* (''Say it to me again''), lyrics by Jacob Jacobs, from Abraham Ellstein and Israel Rosenberg's operetta (''The Bridegroom from Berditchev'') which starred

Ludwig Satz Ludwig Satz (18 February 1891 – 31 August 1944) was an actor in Yiddish theater and film, best known for his comic roles. A 1925 ''New York Times'' article singles him out as the greatest Yiddish comic actor of the time. He was born in L ...

and Zina Goldstein, opened the 1930–31 season at the Public Theatre (Second Avenue and 4th Street), New York

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