Born on 11 November 1899 in Oessa, Ukraine. Father --  a representative of the Peterburg futilover plant. He completed an eight-class trade school and studied in the medicine facultat of Odessa University.

As a student of the business school and later in a university, E. acted and stage directed amateur productions in Russian, and in 1918 he directed his dramatization of Frug's "Dray neshmos". He had the opportunity to begin work in the "People's Socialist Theatre", under the direction of Adashev and Gura. 1920 -- acted professionally in a Russian state theatre "Der royter fakl", under the pseudonym of Tatishdyev, 1923 -- in the Russian state theatre "a socialistic drama" under the pseudonym of Tezovravsky, and in 1925 he entered into the Moscow Jewish State Theatre (Director: A. Granovsky).

1928 -- E. was the artistic director and main regisseur for the first Jewish state theatre workshop in Homel, and there he directed his drama "Mister Dollar", his comedy "Di gzrh", a "literary montage" -- "Perets maskes", and L. Reznik's "Oyfshtand".

E. wrote the one-acters "Baruch Spinoza" and "January 9th" (staged in 1924 in Odessa in the "Narfit" club), "Mister Dollar", a drama in three acts, and "Arvachung", a drama in three acts (staged in 1928-9 in the first Jewish state theatre workshop in Homel, "Tmimus", a drama in four acts, and "Di royte fliglen", a drama in three acts, and translated "Got di name" by A. Uyild(?)