In 1917, he was imprisoned in Damascus after being forcibly conscripted into the Ottoman Military, and after his release he remained there and taught at the Hebrew School for Girls.

Together with a group of Jewish educators, he returned to Palestine at the end of 1918, and in January 1919 he was sent back to Damascus by David Yellin to run the Hebrew School for Girls.

From Damascus, he frequently wrote in the daily Hebrew newspaper Do'ar HaYom under the pseudonym Mekomi ("Local").

[2] He chaired the committee to commemorate his childhood friend Dr. Pesach Hebroni and edited his book "Mathematical Writings".

After her death, he married Rachel "Ray" Rivlin, a Jerusalem City Council member, one of the leaders of B'nai B'rith.