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Born on 27 September 1897 in Warsaw, Poland into a
Chasidic family. Learned in cheders, yeshivas, etc. With
hardships he was permitted to learn his studies also
with a teacher. Through his cousin, the actor Chaim
Grinshpan, he became familiar with Yiddish theatre and
moreover came to a strong request (?) Participated in a
dramatic circle with Warsaw’s “Hazamir”, and then
immigrated for two years with Nathan Goldberg across
Poland. Due to the First World War, he was prevented
from acting in Poland in Yiddish, and had to therefore
put on productions at dances and wedding halls under the
mask of dance evenings and weddings.
At the end of 1914 he went away to Minsk, and there with
actors and “amateurs”, he put together a collective and
acted in Shabbes matinees. Gave fifty-percent discounts
to the Russian Red Cross, but after performing several
times, the productions became banned. 1915 – went back
to Warsaw and there prompted with the “Artist’s Vinkele”
with “Hazamir”. Then he went on tour with Esther Rukhl
Kaminska across Poland and the Ukraine. After the
October Revolution he entered into the troupe of Rudolf
Zaslavaky and (?) Luxembourg. 1920 – participated in
Poltava’s “Kunst vinkl”, which migrated in 1921 across
to Kremenchug and then to Kharkov. Since 1922 he settled
into the theatre in Kiev, where L. participated as an
evening regisseur until 1928.
1929 – went over to being a stage manager in the
all-Ukrainian state theatre for small forms, “Gez-kult”,
where he was active until |