L. was born on 2 October 1888 in Lipno, Plotz Gubernia, Poland, to Chasidic parents. He learned Gemorah and received a secular education, then he studied painting. In 1903, due to his involvement in the revolutionary movement, he left his studies and for several years made his way across Western Europe. In 1911 he debuted with skits and dramatic scenes in the New York "Fraye arbeiter shtime", Reyzen's "Naya Land", "Di velt", and "Areyter-freynd" in London.

L. participated in the "Fraye yidishe folks-bine" in Paris, and then he became a co-founder of the "Literary Dramatic Union", where he was also a prompter. In 1912 he became a professional prompter in the troupe of Jenny Keyzer, Izikovitsh et al. In 1913 he worked for six months in Jacob Spivakovski's troupe in Switzerland, then again in Paris with Morris Axelrad, for whom the troupe performed Zola's "Theresa Raquin" and Hieronymous' "Ghetto", which was staged.

After a short break, due to the war, the Yiddish theatre in Paris reopened in 1915 with L.'s adapted play "Di umshuldike leydn" (according to Ostrovski's "Bez vini vinovati"). 1918-L. directed his drama "Di libe" with "amateurs". Then Rasin's "Esther" in a Yiddish translation.

After a short time L. withdrew from the theatre and dedicated himself to journalism. In 1923 he was a prompter in Blumental's