Philip Laskowsky

[2] He is sometimes credited with having written the music for the well-known Yiddish song Oyfn veg shteyt a boym, although this is disputed.

[1][3] He also befriended Yiddish Theatre actor named Strasfogel and started to act in small productions with him.

[3] He then acted in traveling Yiddish theatre troupes in Poland and the Russian Empire until the outbreak of World War I.

[8][5] He left Poland in 1921 and emigrated to the United States, sailing first to Halifax, Canada, then to Montreal and arrived in New York City in March.

[3] He held a number of jobs in smaller Yiddish theatres during the 1920s, often following Tomashevsky to other cities, including in Los Angeles in 1925 and in Philadelphia in 1927.

[1] During and after World War II, as the Yiddish theatre waned in popularity, he collaborated regularly with Israel Rosenberg and Vera Rozanka.