Born in 1959 in Odessa, he was active in the fight of Soviet Jews for the free repatriation to Israel. In 1984 he was arrested, charged with the Zionist activity and sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment in the Gulag. Spent 2 years and 7 months in the camps and in 1987 was released. In the same year he carried out his dream of repatriation to Israel together with the family. He was a member of the Council and Presidium of the Organization of the Prisoners of Zion.
