Elena wrote. Ida finally underwent medical tests in Tomsk. but when further tests were indicated. she was denied permission to have these carried out. While Elena expressed gratefulness for my support of House Concurrent Resolution 202 calling for Ida Nudels emigration from the U.S.S.R. to Israel. the sad fact is that Ida still languishes in Krivocheino. If Ida Nudels activism is a "crime." if hanging a protest banner outside a window is a "crime." then Ida has committed crimes of courage. Indeed. it would be a crime not to resist the immoral imperatives of the Soviet state that deny its citizens the right to worship freely. to emigrate. and to be reunited with loved ones. Ida Nudel is one amongst many who are experiencing harder times during the present Soviet crackdown. Our leverage to influence the Soviets toward freer emigration has also diminished in recent months. but we must continue to bring attention to the worsening plight of Soviet Jews. This phase shall also pass. and we will again begin to see the fruits of our united efforts.*
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