mˈɔɪʃ dʒˈɜːʃnoʊvˌɪts wʌz bˈɔːɹn nˌɪɹ vˈɪlnə ðˈɛn pˈɑːɹt ʌvðə ɹˈʌʃən ˈɛmpaɪɚ, nˈaʊ lˌɪθjuːˈeɪniə, ðə sˈʌn ʌv lˈiːɑːn ænd ᵻlˈɪzəbəθ dʒˈɜːʃənˌɑːvɪts.
Moishe Gershnowitz was born near Vilna (then part of the Russian empire, now Lithuania), the son of Leon and Elizabeth Gershonovitz.