Lives in the Yiddish
Theatre
SHORT BIOGRAPHIES OF THOSE INVOLVED IN
THE Yiddish THEATRE
aS DESCRIBED IN zALMEN zYLBERCWEIG'S "lEKSIKON FUN YIDISHN TEATER"
1931-1969
Yosef
Zabolinski Born in Slonim, Grodno Gubernia, Poland. His father was a hat maker. He immigrated to London and became a cantor there. He was Zelig's brother. As a youngster he was a choir boy in Slonim. In London he was engaged by Silvershmidt and acted in Yiddish theatre. Around 1899 he traveled by ship to San Francisco.
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Adapted from the original Yiddish text found within the "Lexicon
of the Yiddish Theatre" by Zalmen Zylbercweig,
Volume 1, page 732.
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