Career
He made aliyah to Israel in 1951 and joined kibbutz Bror Hayil, before settling in Sderot in 1957. Between 1957 and 1959 he was secretary of Sderot Workers Council, before serving as head of the town"s local council between 1962 and 1971. In 1969 he was elected to the Knesset on the Alignment list, but lost his seat in the 1973 elections.
He died in 2008 at the age of 78.