Born in 1950 in Moscow, he requested in 1978 from the Soviet authorities the permission to leave for Israel, but the request was not granted. In 1979 he began to teach Hebrew and trained many teachers of Hebrew. Since 1981 he led the project of the organization of ulpans in the provincial cities of the Soviet Union. Because of this activity he was pursued by the authorities and in 1984 was arrested and charged with “illegal possession of a fire-weapon”. He declared the hunger strike, and hold it for 207 days, 5 months from which he spent in the dungeon. After release he continued teaching of Hebrew, and only in 1988 he finally succeeded to go to Israel.
