Born in 1931 in Kamenetsk-Podolsk, he was arrested in 1950, charged with Zionist activity and propaganda and sentenced to 10 years imprisonment. During investigation he was kept in the Butyrka and Lubianka prisons in Moscow. Having served his sentence in the Susuman camp (Kolyma), among others, he was released in 1955 and up to 1967 was engaged in the underground Zionist activity. He began his open fight for repatriation to Israel in 1969 and in 1971 got permission and went to Israel.
