Born in 1901 in Simferopol, Russia, he became a member of a student Jewish group, ’ Youth of Zion ’, (in which Jews were prepared for emigration to Israel), during his studies at University. Having made contact with officials of the Israeli Embassy in Moscow, he was arrested in 1950 and charged with possession of an Israeli newspaper. Despite being released from prison in 1956, he didn’t get to Israel until 1971. He died in 1984.
