W. was born on 3 February 1873 in Kovno, Lithuania. His parents were innkeepers. In 1886 he came with his parents to America, and in 1890 was a member in Goldfaden's dramatic school in New York. Due to a conflict at the Roumanian Opera House, W. was given the opportunity to perform, debuting in the play "Di farblondzhete neshome (The Wandering Soul)."

Later, he went to London where he performed in halls and baneyt back the Yiddish production, which was there oybergerisn until the fictitious fire in 1887. Now W. went over to the English province, and he acted for several months in Belgium, later nine months at the Royal Theatre in Leeds (England), again in London, for the first time, in the Standard Theatre, and then together with Feinman in Bucharest (Romania). From then W. went to South Africa and (together with his wife Esther, Yakov Rosenfeld, Katzman and with his wife and Diana), he offered the foundation for a local Yiddish theatre.

Because of a conflict with the donors, W. left Africa and went to London where he acted in several works, then for a short time was in New York with Thomashefsky, then in Chicago with Glickman and in Philadelphia. W. again went to London, where he acted for a short time with M. D. Waxman, then back to South Africa, where he directed for eight years, directing together with Waxman and later alone, bringing there actors from London and Galicia.