He was born on 15 July 1880 in Berlad, Romania.

As all the young used to love the Yiddish theatre and had banded together with "amateurs" put on several plays for [vaviltetike] purposes.

In 1899, due to the great anti-Semitism and anxiety in Rumania, he was one of those who organized a group of 127 Jews from his town and left to immigrate to America.

When he in July 1900 arrived in America, he began at the Thalia Theatre and the Windsor [rewriting=oybertsushreybn] roles and plays.

Afterwards he traveled across the provinces as a prompter; later he prompted in the New York theatres.

Later he became the publicity agent for the Yiddish province-manager Relkin and then returned to become a prompter once again.

In 1927 H. became sick and temporarily retired from his work.

Sh. E.