He eats only kosher food. thus limiting an already paltry diet upon which he must subsist while working at hard labor. He insists on wearing the traditional skullcap. and works extra hours 6 days a week so that he does not have to work on the Jewish Sabbath. This. apparently. does not sit well with the Soviets. Born into a family close to Jewish traditions. the 31yearold Mendelevich and his family were refused permission to emigrate to Israel three times between 1967 and 1970. On June 15. 1970. he was arrested at the Leningrad airport for the alleged attempt to steal a plane to Israel. Simultaneously.
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