Born in 1910 in Kishinev, Bessarabia, he was an active member of a Zionist organization Poalei-Zion in his home town from 1925 to 1940. In 1952 Arrested in 1952, he was accused of Zionist activity, and sentenced to 10 years in the Gulag. In 1954 he was released and continued his struggle to leave for Israel. But his dream was not fulfilled till 1977. He died in 1987.
