Chaja Goldstein

Chaja Ruchel Goldstein (2 July 1908 – 27 January 1999) was a Polish-born Dutch dancer and singer.

The daughter of Jacob Schyja Goldstein and Laja Bromberger, she was born in a ghetto in Rypin.

Goldstein began performing in 1931, dancing and singing Yiddish songs at a Jewish theatre.

She lived with the painter György Kepes and had an affair with the Dutch artist Wijnand Grijzen.

There, she taught dance and gymnastics and also performed in theatres such as the Amsterdam City Theater [nl] and the Kurhaus of Scheveningen.

Costume for Chaja Goldstein (by Koen Limberg)