Pesach and Lillian Burstein had twins, Michael and Susan (b. 1945). Michael Burstein became an actor, known professionally as Mike Burstyn. When the twins turned 7, they began performing in "The Komediant", "A Khasene in Shtetl" ("A Wedding in the Village") and other Yiddish-language productions all over the world, although Susan did not remain in the acting business. The family also performed at resorts in the Catskills, in Sullivan County, New York, a resort circuit colloquially known as the "Borscht Belt". He toured extensively through Eastern Europe before World War II. Pesach Burstein opened his own theater ("The Hopkinson") in Brooklyn. His troupe (advertised as the Four Bursteins, the twins appearing under the stage names "Motele" and "Zisele") won critical acclaim in Israel and on Broadway for performing Itzik Manger's "Megille Lider", the longest running Yiddish production to date in Israel, released on Broadway as "Megilla of Itzik Manger".