L. was born circa 1879 in Khotin, Bessarabia.

The youngster was raised in Beltz, where he then became a teacher of Hebrew and Russian.

L. wrote a range of folk-like songs with melodies, that were sung in Bessarabia and Podol. He also had written several dramas, in which he alone performed as an actor.

Since 1903 he printed original stories and translations.

In 1907 he came to America, where in 1913 he passed away from consumption (tuberculosis).

Z. Reyzen -- "Lexicon of Yiddish Literature", Vol. II, p. 278.