He was born Yoshe Maurer Neumann in the town of Boryslav, then in Austria and today in the Ukraine, the son of the local cobbler, and was known as an amateur violinist, actor and singer.
He was born Yoshe Maurer Neumann in the town of Boryslav, then a thriving Oil town in Galicia, Austria and today part of the Ukraine. Maurer was the son of the local cobbler, and known as an amateur violinist, actor and singer.