G. was born on 18 October 1881 in Brisk, Polish Lithuania.

His father was a Hebrew teacher.

At first he learned from his father, afterwards in Talmud Torah, and for a year he was brought to a kibbutz of the [Prushim] in [maltsh]; later he spent a certain time externally in Odessa.

His journalistic activity began in "Hatsfirah" and "Hmlits", and since 1905 he has gone over to the Yiddish journalism.

G. translated Ossip Dymov's "Shma Yisroel" ["Shma Yisroel! A drama in 3 acts, translated by A. G.", p. 28, 16°].

Z. Reyzen -- "Lexicon of Yiddish Literature", Vol. I, pp. 477-8.