Born in 1867 in Berdichev, Ukraine.

His parents were manufacturers and haberdashers.

He learned in a cheder and completed the municipal school. As his parents had been owners of a circus building and a summer garden with a theatre, B. even in his early youth came into contact with Yiddish actors. Later, when B. was already an independent businessman, he liquidated his business, and in 1893 he became the "financier" of Bernstein's troupe, and soon thereafter he took over the troupe (enhanced through Spivakovsky and Sh. Krause) as partners.

After six years he traveled with the local troupe in which he alone also acted, B. went around as manager for Kaminski, and he worked for him for seven years, afterwards crossing over as manager for Zandberg in Warsaw and Lodz. In wartime, B.