Born in 1888 in Kielce, Poland. In 1903 he debuted in Radom on the Polish stage, which he left soon however due to anti-Semitism. In 1909 he was based in Czestochowa and (with the assistance of Cantor Avraham-Ber Birnbaum) organized a Yiddish dramatic section, with whom he directed in "Uriel Acosta" (acting in the role of "De Silva"), later (with the help of Avraham Vieviorka) directing a range of Gordin plays, thereafter entering as a professional Yiddish actor in the guest-starring Kaminski troupe, with whom he toured across Poland. From there he went over to the troupes of Lipovski, Genfer et al, where he acted until 1915.

In 1915-16 he acted with Clara Young in Kharkov, when he organized under his direction a troupe, with whom he toured until artist-[tsuzamenfor], across the Crimea and the Ukraine. From 1917-20 he traveled with a cooperative troupe and then in members' troupes, leaving the Soviet Union and acting in the Yiddish theatre in Constantinople, Italy and Vienna.

In 1922 he was engaged in Paris and London (Dir. -- N. Blumental), where he acted until 1925, then until 1927 was director of Yiddish troupes in Belgium. In 1928 he was engaged to act with a Yiddish troupe in South Africa and after returning to Western Europe, there again he acted in Yiddish theatre.

Sh. E.