Z. was born in 1875 in Slonim, Grodno Gubernia, Poland, as an only child of rich parents.

Until age seventeen he learned Talmud and other courses, especially later in a commercial school.

From time to time he published various articles in Hebrew journals while known as Ben-Emrm, Ben-Tsvi, M. Hirshenzon et al.

Since 1904 he has published feuilletons and humoresques in the Yiddish press, the most under the name M. Iktselbuz (sp).

Z. worked in the following one-acters:

"A guter retsept"; "Freulein Margareta"; "Dos khanukah-lempl" (a children's play); "Tsukrigt" (scene-monologue in one scene, published in R. Mazin's "Frelikhes tashenbukh", London, 1903); "Der yubiler onshikh"; "Arkhitektor pampzhkin"; "Di shpanke izshuldik"; "Der man oyf der probe".

All the one-acters were performed by many amateur groups.

Z. also faveydisht the dramas:

"Gitele rb sheht" (after "Yalmar bergstrem"); "Eynzame" (after Gerhard Hauptmann's "Eynzame mentshn"); "Der foter, oder, Der vort fun tsveyfl" (after A. Strindberg); the translated "Fir zayere" from G. Zapolska; "Doctor Kerry" from Henri Dzhuns; "Ri Ere" from Zuderman, that was until now not performed.

Sh. E.

• Zalmen Reyzen -- "Leksikon fun der yidisher literatur (Lexicon of Yiddish Literature)", Vol. I, pp. 1016-7.