USSR. Three of my children and my four grandchildren live in Israel. I am an observant Jew. and for eleven years have been denied permission to emigrate to Israel. For the last seven years I have taught Judaism to young Jews conscious of their religious identity. On many occasions I have been harassed by the KGB. which demanded that I stop all my religious activities. The Soviet authorities latest pretext for denying an exist visa for me. my wife and our three children still in Moscow is lack of "permission" from my wifes parents. a document required by the USSR Visa Department. Such an absurd requirement would be unthinkable in any country other than Russia. Here I am. 50 years old. a father of six children and a grandfather of four. and to leave the country I have to ask for permission from my communist parentsinlaw.
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