Born in 1916 in Rechitsa, he joined the underground Zionist organization in Leningrad at an early age, helping Jews emigrate from the Soviet Union to Palestine. He was arrested in 1950 in Leningrad and sentenced to 5 years imprisonment. After his release in 1956 he continued to fight for the right to go to Israel. He finally got permission in 1970. He died in 1982.
