(Latvia) and staged there and performed in the main roles of the plays: "A khasene in shtetl (A Wedding in Town)" by William Siegel, "Yanko-tsigeyner" by I. Shtshogol, "Der kapriz fun a milioner," "Der amerikaner litvak (The American Litvak)" by Itzhak Lash, "Der braver ofitser (The Brave Officer)," "Di galitsianer khasene (The Galician Wedding)" by William Siegel, "Bandit Gentleman" by Zagranitshni, Shtshogol and Witler, "Der khokh fun libe (The Strength of Love)," "Nokhn dritn klung" by Epstein, "Student Love" by Israel Rosenberg, "Tsvey khaverim (Two Friends?)" by Joseph Markowitz, "Der komediant (The Comedian?)," "Gevunen un farshpilt," "Doctor Luxembourg" "Mishenka," "Di kale fun tsvey brider (The Bride of Two Brothers?)" by Z. Libin, "Der goldener khasen," "Oyfn shvel fun glik," "Shver tsu zayn a yid (It's Hard to be a Jew)" by Sholem Aleichem, Anski's "Dybbuk" and Gordin's "God, Man and Devil" and "Der vilder mensh (The Wild Man)," and David Pinski's "Yankl der shmid (Yankl the Blacksmith)." Then Witler acted in Kovno and then returned to Poland.

In 1938 he played in Riga, where he performed (together with the prima donna Nina Talina) in "A shpiel in libe" by Oscar Ostroff, "The Folk Singer," "Kinder fargesen nit (Children Don't Forget)" by Z. Libin, "A khasene in shtetl (A Wedding in Town),""Eltern un kinder (Parents and Children?)" by Gabel and Lash, "Der nayer yid (The New Jew?)" by Edus (?), and "S'vet zayn got," from the novel by Michael Zwick, then an entire summer in a summer theatre in Kovno.

In 1940 W. arrived in America and played in America in October 1940 in the Hopkinson Theatre in Siegel's "Fargesene froyen (Forgotten Women)," then in other theatres; in 1941 he was in Cleveland, and from there he went on the road across the larger provincial cities of America.

In March 1942 W. guest-starred in Chicago's Douglas Park Theatre, where he staged Siegel's "A goldener khoylem (A Golden Dream?)," and from then for several months of the upcoming season in Chicago, under the direction of Oscar Ostroff, and later Moshe Nestor. Once again in New York and in the province, until he went to Argentina in 1946, where he guest-starred in Buenos Aires in Teatro Mitre, where he put on Kalmanowitz's "Home Sweet Home," "Alts far dir" by Dr. Wolf Herzog, and Moshe Rubin's "Zing mayn folk." From there he traveled with the Argentinean-born Yiddish actress Shifra Lerer to Brazil, Uruguay and back to America. In 1949 W. played in the Bronx Art Theatre in the play, "Zayn groyse libe (His Great Love)." In August 1950 he guest-starred (together with Shifra Lerer) in London's Yiddish folks theatre, then with her went on a tour across Argentina (where he staged "A roman fun ein nakht" by L. Freiman), Uruguay and Brazil. In 1952 W. participated in new York's Public Theatre in Yablokoff's production of Ressler's "Uncle Sam in Israel." In 1953 he again made a tour (with Shifra Lerer) across Argentina, where he put on the play "Mayn mans kale (My Husband's Wife)," and from there to Uruguay and Brazil. In 1955 they traveled with a troupe from Argentina to South Africa (technical college theatre), in Johannesburg with the play, "Mayn gliklekhe heym (My Happy Home?)" by H. Hoffenberg, and in March 1956 in the Land of Israel with "Der zingendiker shmid (The Singing Blacksmith)" by H. Hoffenberg, "A doldat oyf urloyb" by H Hoffenberg, and "Mayn meydele," adapted from H. Kalmanowitz. In 1957 both again guest-starred in Argentina in the "Arkhentine" Theatre, and in 1958 both participated in a tour of the Jewish National Workers' Union, across America and Canada, where they staged one-acters, concerts of folksongs and songs and duets composed by W.

W. is a member of the Hebrew Actors' Union and is married to the actress Shifra Lerer.

W. has recorded the following songs:

• "Gelibte"

• "Mayn meydele"

• "Praven a khasene"

• "Rivkale"

• "Jankoie"

• "Warshe (Warsaw)"

• "80 er -- 70 zi"

• "Bialystok"

• "Abi m'zet zikh"

• "Mayn alte heym"

• "Oyfn veg shteyt a boym"

• "Geselach"

• "Leib un lach (Live and Laugh)"

• "Chasidmlech zingen"

• "Krokhmalne gas"

• "Fun mayn shtetl"

• "Zing, brider, zing (Sing, Brothers, Sing)"

• "Yiddish redn"

With Shifra Lerer, he has recorded:

• "Surele"

• "Eretz Israel lem Israel"

• "Gelt (Money)"

• "Ikh vel zikh keinmol nit farbeytn"

• "Motele"

Sh. E.

• Ben Zion Witler -- A briv in redaktsye, "Tsayt," Vilna, 14 November 1933.

• N. Linder -- Nokh a teater-felieton, "Vilner tog," 17 November 1933/

• Ben Zion Witler -- A briv in redaktsye, "Di tsayt," Vilna, 5 February  1934.

• A ku-ku -- Oyfn tsimbl, same, 6 February, 1934.

• L. S-ki -- Ben zion vitler der meyster fun der yidisher operete, same, 10 November 1935.

• L. M. -- Ben zion vitler, "Pinsker shtime," 7 October 1936.

• Chaim Shl Sholom -- Nit fun amerike ... "Unzer pinsker leben," 14 November 1936.

• Artist Ben Zion Witler -- Mayn bazukh in bit yesomim," same (108), 48, 1936.

• Chaim Shl Sholom -- Tsahkht lshlom, same.

• W. Edlin -- "Fargesene froyen" -- a naye, geshpante melodrame efent sezon in hopkinson teater, "Der tog," N. Y., 20 October 1940.

• Sh. Zamd -- "A goldener khoylem" geshpilt in doglas teater, "Forward," Chicago, 6 March 1942.

• Sh. Zmd -- "Heym, zise heym," geshpilt in doglas park teater, "Forward," Chicago, 1 May 1942.

• Wm. Siegel -- Der heyliger tants in doglas park teater, same, 12 October 1943.

• Shmuel Rozhansky -- Shtrikhen, "Di idishe tsaytung," Buenos Aires, 2 August 1946.

• Shmuel Rozhansky -- Ben zion vitler's debut in "zing mayn folk," same, 13 July 1947.

• Sh. R. -- Teater-retsenzies, same, 25 August 1947.

• Mayer Ini (?) -- Bikur bt'atrun ihudi blundun, "Dbr hshbue," Tel Aviv, 1 September 1950

• Shmuel Rozhansky -- Der debut fun ben zion vitler un shifra lerer, "Da"ts," Buenos Aires, 2 August 1951.

• T. Belin [Dr. L. Zhitnitsky] -- "Mayn mans kale," "Di prese," Buenos Aires, 11 July 1953.

• Sh. R. -- Teater-retsenzies, "Da"ts," 1 August 1953.

• Katie Brown -- Tsum opfarn fun di tsvey bagabte kinstler ben zion vitler un shifra lerer, "Yiddish lebn," London, January-February 1955.