Fleisher was born in Haifa, Israel, to Russian Jewish immigrants, and was raised in the United States before embarking on a campaign to promote mass Aliyah that included his own emigration in 2003.
Fleisher was born in Haifa, Israel, to Russian "Refuseniks", and was raised in the United States. While in the US, Fleisher embarked on a campaign to promote mass Aliyah-immigration of Jews to Israel-that included his own emigration in 2003.