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Born on 2 September 1924 in
Buenos Aires, Argentina. He learned in a cheder. As the
grandson of Shlomo Zablotski and Sonya Tsimerman, cellar
singer and later a Yiddish actress in Russia, they were
throughout the year touring with the troupes of Fishzon,
Spivakovski and Kaminski, he used to for them hear
various stories about the part-time, itinerant life of
the Yiddish actor, and had in him a surge in interest in
the Yiddish theatre.
In 1938 S. joined "Ayft",
under the direction of David Licht and participated also
a little later in various Spanish theatrical
productions. In 1945 he debuted as a professional
Yiddish actor during the guest appearance of Joseph
Buloff in "Yoskhe muzikant", then he acted with the
guest-starring Maurice Schwartz, Jacob Ben Ami, Dr. Paul
Baratov, in serious repertoire, also with Pesach'ke
Burstein, Ben Zion Witler, Jennie Levitz, Jennie
Goldstein, Herman Yablokoff et al in light repertoire.
S. participated in the
plays: "Kidush HaShem", "Esterke", "The Wise Men of
Chelm", "Yosele solovey", "Faraway Corner", "Green
Fields", "The Father", "Lebediker ms", "Der brenendiker
dorn", "Na dnye", "Beethoven's Sonata" and in Goldfaden
and Gordin repertoire.
Beyond Argentina, until
feyerland, S. also has acted in South Africa, and
since 1963, when he had settled in America, where he was
brought by Herman Yablokoff, and he acted over the many
Jewish communities of the United States and Canada, as
well as the New York "Folksbiene", as technical
contributor with regisseur David Licht
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