Upon her release. she returned to her home in Moscow. but was denied residency status there. Ida has attempted to gain residency in other surrounding cities. but with no avail. This heroic woman has been reduced. at times. to spend nights in train stations and in deserted areas. while she continues her struggle to obtain a visa to Israel. It is disgraceful to see such a respected and loved woman harassed in her struggle to obtain the most basic of human rightsthe right to religious freedom and the right to emigrate to Israel. Ida has become the Guardian Angel of the Soviet Jewish Prisoners of Conscience. taking on the plight of other Soviet Jews regardless of the danger to herself. She stands as a symbol to all those who have been persecuted and harassed in their attempts to emigrate from the Soviet Union. I urge my colleagues to join with me on this International Day of Activity for Ida Nudel. to demand that the Soviets stop harassing Ida Nudel and allow her to join her sister in Israel. It is inhumane to deny any person the basic rights that Ida is trying to obtain.
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