Son of Daniel and Flora. He was born on January 3, 1934 in Yugoslavia. He completed several high school classes there, and after immigrating to Israel in 1948 he spent one year at Kibbutz Sha’ar Ha’amakim. Afterward, he studied for three years at the Arab high school in Haifa. He was drafted into the IDF in July 1953. On January 18, 1954, he died and was put to rest at the military cemetery in Haifa.