He was born in Bordizhan, Romania, and thus was called "Bordizhaner".

His father was an animal dealer and a scholar,  but he had other inclinations and broke away from home.

When Goldfaden's head was organizing troupes in Romania, he went with him as a temporary prompter.

B. had in his life Yiddish theatre and acting, and when he was only crying(?), he [untershtitst] his material, and later he became a professional prompter with Itzikl Goldenberg, but as he could not draw any income, he became a broiler of Romanian food.

In 1899 he came to America and here maintained the same income.

In 1914 [?] B., in debt, passed away in New York.

M. E. from Sholem Perlmutter and Itsikl Goldenberg.

Sh. E. from Joseph Weinstock.