His first poem was published in 1983 in the Moscow journal Sovetish Heimland. Made Aliya to Israel in 1990. Received PhD in the Department of Jewish Literature of Bar Ilan University. Lives in Kfar Eldad in Gush Etzion.

Published in Yiddish 9 books of poetry, a book of essays and a collection of science fiction and fantasy stories, as well as an anthology of poetry translations from other languages. He publishes poems in Hebrew as well. He translated into Russian works of Avrom Goldfаden, Shоlom Aleichem, Zalman Shneur, Israel Yehoshua Singer, Chaim Gradе and more. Editor of Yiddish poetry anthologies in translations into Ukrainian and Hebrew.

Author of scientific works on the history of Yiddish literature. One of the founders and editors of the book series “Bibliotek fun der haynttsaitiker yidisher literatur” and the literary magazine Yidishland. Worked as a literary consultant, author and translator of texts in Yiddish theaters of Russia, Ukraine and Israel.