Born in 1921 in Nevel, he was engaged in Zionist propaganda, calling on his student friends to go to Israel, he himself trying to escape from the Soviet Union Arrested in 1951 for his activities and sentenced to 8 years imprisonment, he spent 3 years and 8 months in the prison “Kresty” in Leningrad and in the Djezkazgan labour camp. He was released in 1954 but only succeeded in getting to Israel in 1974.
