Born in 1919 in Chernovtsy, she was exiled in 1941 to Siberia with all her family for Zionist activities. She continued to be active in exile-organizing conferences, courses in Hebrew and in basic Zionism. She was arrested in 1949, charged with treason and Zionist propaganda and sentenced to 7 years in prison. She was released in 1956, and in 1964 she succeeded in reaching Israel.
