Born in 1947 in Kishinev, he studied in Leningrad where he joined an underground Zionist group to study Hebrew, Jewish history and culture and the history of Zionism. This group was also involved in the dissemination of the idea of freedom for Jews to travel to Israel. He was arrested in 1970, and tried at the end of 1971 at the Kishinev trial. Sentenced to 2 years imprisonment in the Mordovian camp, he was released in 1.5 years. In 1973 he carried out his dream of emigrating to Israel.
