He was born on December 3-d, 1944 in Moscow. Antisemitism in the Soviet Union drew him nearer to the nationalistic ideas, and in 1978, being a university student, he organized for fellow students and for young Jews, who for the “known” reasons were not accepted to state universities, an underground “Jewish University”, where he delivered lectures on the Jewish and Zionist topics. Many of the students of this “university” became active Zionists. In 1982 “Jewish University” was closed, and Boris was arrested and sentenced to 1 year of imprisonment plus to 2 years of exile. He was released in 1985, and in 2 years left the USSR for Israel.
