Helena Ann Weiss. a member of Temple Beth Shalom. In her own way Helena has promoted both a spirit of international friendship and an awareness for human rights. by sharing her Bat Mitzvah with 13yearold Leah Lukatsky of the Soviet Union on December 4. 1982. Leah and her family are like thousands of Soviet Jews. who have been refused permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union. It is even more disheartening to know that Leah was unable to have her own Bat Mitzvah. because the study of religion is not permitted in the Soviet Union. In the United States. we often take for granted the many freedoms we enjoy everyday.
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