Furthermore. they are often separated from their spouses and children. One case. in particular. involves my adopted refusenik. Yakov Rabinovich. who first applied for permission to emigrate with his family in 1978. Three years after he first requested a visa. permission was granted to only his wife and two children. Rabinovich encouraged them to leave in the hope that he would soon follow. Since 1980. he has been denied permission to emigrate by an arbitrary Soviet bureaucracy. that unjustly accused him as having access to state secrets. Probably the most tragic aspect of his torture is his forced separation from his wife and family. Rabinovich was advised to divorce his wife in order to make the emigration process easier for one of them. While he unwillingly remained in the Soviet Union. his son graduated from Brandeis University in 1985. Even their communication has been limited. often phone calls from Rabinovichs wife and children have been withheld.
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