B. was born on 5 May 1890 in Warsaw, Poland. His father was a contractor for the Russian military.

He learned in a cheder, completing a Russian city school and a two-class gymnasium.

 At the age of eleven he became a choir boy with a cantor, then he became the alto soloist in the Nozyk's shul, until he lost his children's voice, and then he entered into the chorus of Kaminski and Libert in the Bagatela (Theatre), where there soon came small roles, but when the troupe crossed over to the Jardin d'Hiver, he returned to the chorus. Then he traveled to Bernstein in Lublin, where he performed as an actor ("Barukh" in "Dr. Yozelman). After acting there for a season, B. joined Becker's, then in Lublin in the United Troupe of Nozyk-Zhelazo-Krause, and he became engaged for Warsaw in the Muranow Theatre (Meyerson, Rappel, Kaminski, Serotsky) as a singer-actor, performing as "Yermayahu" in "Churbn yerushalim (The Destruction of Jerusalem)" . After acting there for a certain time, B. crossed over to the Sabsey troupe, where he acted for two seasons. In 1911 he acted with Krause in Constantinople and Rumania, then with Kompaneyets in Warsaw, a short time with Fishzon and individual seasons with Adler-Serotsky in Lodz and with them in Warsaw. In wartime, B. acted in Russia, at the end of 1920 B. acted with a united troupe operating in Europe and in Constantinople.