She fled the Soviet Union in 1972. 4 months after they were married. Aviva has not seen her husband since then. but she has worked tirelessly for his freedom. Lev was dismissed from his job in an agency of the tractor machinebuilding industry in November of 1971. on the objectionable grounds that he had applied for permission to emigrate to Israel. From then on. Lev has not been able to find work in his area of expertise. engineering. but has found employment only in menial jobs. He has continued to apply for permission to emigrate. and each request has been denied. His last denial brought with it the threat that he would be sent to Siberia. not Israel. In May 1974.
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