Speaker. as part of the congressional vigil for Soviet Jewry. I would like to once again draw attention to the case of Isak Shkolnik. a Soviet prisonerofconscience whom I have tried to help for 3 years. Isak was born to an observant Jewish family in Vinnitsa in 1936. and from his early youth. wanted to emigrate to Israel. An unskilled factory worker. he taught himself Hebrew and English. He kept himself informed of world events through listening to the BBC. VOA and Kol Yisrael broadcasts. He and Feiga were married in 1964. Their daughter Louiza was born in In 1971. when news reached Vinnitsa that Jews were obtaining permission to emigrate to Israel. Isak Shkolnik requested the necessary invitation in order to submit his papers. The affadavit was apparently intercepted by the authorities. it showed up as evidence against him in his trial.
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