Born in 1931 in Odessa, he participated in learning and teaching of Hebrew and in the preparation to the repatriation to Israel. In 1979 his family requested the permission to go to Israel, but was refused and persecuted by the authorities. He continued to propagate the idea of repatriation. Arrested in 1984, he was charged with the Zionist activity and sentenced to 3 years of imprisonment. Served his sentence in the prisons of Simferopol, Odessa and Nikolayev. He was released in 1987, and in the same year his dream was carried out: he and his family have arrived to Israel.
