Born on July 22nd, 1935, in Romania, he became an ardent Zionist because of the rampant anti-Semitism in postwar Soviet Union and thus became involved in Zionist activities. He consistently hassled the authorities, demanding the right for Jews to emigrate to Israel. In 1970 he was arrested on charges of Zionist activity and sentenced to 6 years imprisonment in the Gulag. Released in 1976, he left for Israel in the same year.
