Jacob Waxman, or in Yiddish Yankev Vaksman was a Yiddish playwright who wrote dramas and tragedies, as well as operettas; he also dramatized novels and stories for the Yiddish stage. His operettas include Der libling fun froyen, Malvinke vil azoy, and Di sheyne Berta, which were orchestrated by Yitskhak Shlosberg (1877–1930).