Born on September 20th,1921, in the town of Konrashtee, Moldovia, she was a member of the “Gordonia” movement. After World War II she worked in a Zionist underground group trying to find ways of reaching Israel. She was arrested in Chernovtsy in1949 and was sentenced to 10 years which she served in Vorkuta . She was released in 1956 and, in 1958, managed to get to Israel.