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Moshe Broderzon was born November 23, 1890. He was a Yiddish poet and theater director. A descendant of a family of wealthy merchants who were permitted to reside in Moscow, Broderzon received his early education in that city and at a Lodz commercial academy. He lived in Lodz from 1918 to 1938. Active as a journalist, poet, and writer of short plays, he founded little theaters in Lodz: Had Gadya, the first Yiddish marionette theater, Ararat, and Shor ha-Bor. He was head of the literary group Yung-Yidish and discovered many new Jewish talents for the stage. He wrote songs for children, which were frequently reprinted and set to music, and also libretti for operas, includingDavid and Bath-Sheba (1924).
