I call the attention of my colleagues to her bat mitzvah because Lauries right of passage was more than symbolic. By corresponding with a Russian girl her own age. Irena Briskman. whose family has been refused the right to emigrate. to celebrate publicly Irenas bat mitzvah. or even to observe quietly the Sabbath privately in their own home. Laurie Heyman learned a hard lesson in geopolitics upon which we all ought to reflect. The sharing of the bat mitzvah celebration with a Soviet refusenik. "Twinning" as it has been popularly labeled. is a moving and meaningful event for the families of both the American and Soviet youths.
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