Friday, April 17, 1970-3
Daughter, 20, Cries to Be With Her
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
A Mother Works Tirelessly to Reunite
French Guided Missile Poses a Threat to Israel
Children in Russia With Parents in Israel
WASHINGTON (JTA) — Lea
Slovin has not seen her daughter
for a year. She represents mothers
who have not seen their children
for as much as 28 years. These
mothers and children are being
separated by the Soviet Union's re-
fusal to allow Russian Jews to
emigrate to Israel.
"These are not political cases,"
Mrs. Slovin said. "These are very
emotional cases. There are 117
mothers and children separated
from each other. They are not po-
litical people."
Mrs. Slovin, a grey-eyed red-
head, is in the United States to
make the plight of these broken
families public. She is trying to
get public opinion to convince the
Russians that families like hers
should not be separated by na-
tional borders.
Mr4. Slovin, her husband
Baruch, and two of their three
childen immigrated to Israel
from Riga, Latvia, last year.
Mrs. Slovin's oldest, Noemi, who
Is now 20, was denied permis-
sion to leave. "They never give
any reasons," Mrs. Slovin said.
"I have not had a letter from
her in seven months, although I
have spoken to her on the tele-
phone a few times. She cries.
"In her last letter she wrote,
'Mommy, I dream of you every
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national biennial convention, May
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Judge Justine Wise Polier. a na-
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night and when I wake up in the
mornings, I cry to be with you.'"
Noemi lives with her father, Mrs.
Slovin's first husband, who has
also been trying to leave the Soviet
Union for Israel. He made his first
application in 1961.
"For many Jews in Russia, Is-
rael is their historical motherland.
They dream of going to Israel not
because it is not good in Russia
and it is good in Israel—although
it is—but because Israel is their
home. I dreamed all my life about
Israel," Mrs. Slovin said.
sia—all of them parent-child re-
lations—Mrs. Slovin has visited
Rita Hauser, U.S. representative
to the UN Human Rights Com-
mission, and several U.S. senators.
"They were sympathetic. Each
senator understands mothers like
me. I saw portraits of the sena-
tor's children on their tables and
walls in their offices. They are
and they understand
fathers
mothers."
NEW YORK (JTA) — A serious of Harpons to Egypt or Israel,
potential threat to Israel's air su- they may be sold to Libya which
periority over Egypt is posed by a could transfer them easily to
new French guided missile that ,,
E gyp t .
costs about S1,800 to make and is
operated by one man who can he
trained in half an hour, according
to an NBC television news broad-
Official
The broadcast showed clips
from a French industrial film
demonstrating the "II arpo n"
missile 'mocking out moving
ft . , ships and low-flying air-
e ta rn a ks
See page 12 for details for
The missile is guided by infra-
red emanations and follows the tar-
Mrs. Slovin said she did not get regardless of evasive actibn.
dare to hope that her meetings
The broadcast said that while the
have changed her daughter's situ- French embargo precludes the sale
She and her family did not get ation, but they at least brought
an opportunity to apply for exit the emotional impact of the Soviet
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