As if this were not enough for any one person to endure. Ida must deal with the fact that her family has been separated in one of the Kremlins vicious and heartless tactics to break up families. While Ida suffers in exile in the bleak Siberian wasteland. her husband and sister in Israel pray and anxiously await the issuance of her visa so that she may join them in Israel. The entire family has waited far too long. I think it appropriate to inform this Chamber why Ida Nudel is being denied a visa. The official reason given was that she possessed state secrets. This is an absurdity. Idas work in the Soviet Union dealt with hygiene standards in food stores and control of infection in foods. Ida herself said: "The biggest secret I had was knowing where the mice build their nests." Ida Nudels indefatigable courage has made her a model for Soviet Jews attempting to emigrate. So extensive have been her assistance and compassion for others that she has been acclaimed as the "Guardian Angel of Moscow" and the "Mother of the Prisoners." The undaunted determination and strong character of people such as Ida Nudel should remind us in this country of the many freedoms we enjoy. and too often take for granted. Let this vigil serve as an unequivocable message to the Kremlin that we who support human rights will continue to do so tirelessly until the Soviet Jews seeking religious freedom and the tranquility of a free life in Israel are granted those liberties.
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