Born in 1904 in Russia, he studied Hebrew during childhood. As a youth he became a member of “He-Halutz” movement. He was arrested for the first time in 1921. Active as a Zionist during all his years of university studies, he was arrested again in 1950 for his Zionist activities and for writing a letter to the Supreme Soviet in connection with creation of the Jewish state. This earned him a sentence of 10 years imprisonment but, despite his early release, he was arrested once again for his contacts with the Israeli Embassy in Moscow and for distribution of Israeli newspapers among Jews. After a sentence of 7 years imprisonment, he was released in 1968 and got permission to go to Israel in 1973. He died in 1989.
