True to its traditions and the spirit of its founder. Hadassah last year presented its prestigious Henrietta Szold Award to Ida Nudel. the courageous prisoner of conscience in the Soviet Union condemned on a ludicrous charge of "malicious hooliganism" to 4 years of internal exile in Siberia. Her alleged crime was to have displayed from her window a banner reading "KGB. give me my visa." Her real offense. however. lay in her courageous efforts for 7 years prior to her arrest to emigrate to Israel and. in the spirit of Henrietta Szold. to offer help and comfort to those who suffered with herself. Truly the Guardian Angel of persecuted and oppressed Soviet Jewry. Ida Nudel adopted prisoners herself. and gave hope and courage to their families.
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