V. was born in 1894 in Kishinev, Bessarabia.

According to Julian Schwartz he was a folk-actor, a cultured (person), who acted in father roles in professional Yiddish theatre. He was killed in 1941 or 1942 during the Evacuation.

His daughter, Khana, who had completed the Yiddish theatre school in Moscow, acted in the Kishinev [Pupn] Theatre, where her husband was regisseur.
 

Sh. E. from Julian Schwartz and Khaykele Ash.