FRONTLINES I
Human Rights Plea
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for Soviet Jewry
Roots
IET 3
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Drama
M usic
Dance
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A One-Woman Play About the Heart and Soul of a Refusenik
*Written and performed by Dafna Soltes, a playwright, actress, dancer and
choreographer in New York. She has appeared on and off Broadway and has
taught internationally.
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FRIDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1988
Finder Gazeteer.
"I think it's wonderful for
young people to sit down with
their grandparents and ask
them to tell them about their
life, where they grew up, and
if their marriage was arrang-
ed," said Weiner. "The history
and geography that can be
very dry in school can become
very much alive when you're
sitting down and learning
about your family. It's a
special bonding between
those generations."
Weiner will be included as
a contributor in The Aleph-
Beth of Our Destiny, a limited
edition, 288-page volume
printed on heavy museum-
quality, acid-free paper with
a 22 carat gold leaf cover.
Through her personal
library, lectures and "Roots
and Branches," a column that
appears in over 70 Jewish
newspapers, including The
Jewish News' L'Chayim fami-
ly section, Weiner is able to
share her tips with Jews all
over the world.
"My goal is to someday visit
the Soviet Union and talk to
the oldest person in town to
see if he remembers anyone
in my family," Weiner said. "I
will organize a family reu-
nion in the Soviet Union,
where we will drink vodka
and dance the horah."
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records still exist. "Just as
there were Holocaust sur-
vivors, records survived as
well, and many of them have
been microfilmed and are in
Israel in various repositories
at the Central Archives for
the History of the Jewish Peo-
ple."
She also has aerial photos
where they're close up
enough that one can pick out
houses, villages and rivers in
towns where one can't even go
now.
The most frequent request
Weiner receives is for infor-
mation about the towns from
which individuals' families
came. She points them to a
source such as the Shtetl
251 Merrill
Birmingham
(313) 644-7311
2915 Breton
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Rehovot — At a time when
95 out of 100 emigrating
Soviet Jews head for the
United States or other parts
of the Diaspora, Prof. Roald
Nezlin, one of Russia's
leading immunologists, has
arrived in Israel.
Nezlin could easily find a
senior position at a top
American research center,
but he chose to join Israel's
Weizmann Institute. The
reason: he is a Zionist and the
son of a Zionist.
Roald's still lucid 96-year-
old father, Prof. Solomon
Nezlin, recalls how impressed
he was by Theodore Herzl,
founder of modern Zionism,
and later by Joseph
Trumpeldor, an early Zionist
military hero. Yet Solomon
Nezlin's Zionism didn't bring
him to the Holy Land from
Germany, where he pursued
his university studies. In-
stead, Nezlin, Sr. returned to
Russia and began a highly
successful medical career. In
1952 that career and his life
almost ended when he was
among the Jewish physicians
arrested following an im-
aginary anti-Soviet "Doctors
Plot." Only Stalin's death sav-
ed Nezlin and allowed his son
to begin his own distinguish-
ed career.
Roald Nezlin trained as an
M.D., but devotes his entire
working life to research, par-
ticularly in immunology. Ris-
Roald Nezlin
ing quickly, he was appointed
to a senior post in the In-
stitute of Molecular Biology
of the Soviet Academy of
Sciences. Significantly, in the
context of pre-Glasnost Soviet
society, Nezlin was allowed to
maintain scientific contacts
with the West, have his books
published there and on rare
occasions to attend interna-
tional conferences in Western
Europe. These privileges
came to an abrupt end ten
years ago when Roald and his
family applied for permission
to emigrate to Israel.
Prof. Nezlin was luckier
than most refuseniks: thanks
to his international contacts,
he wasn't dismissed from his
post at the Institute. Yet his
scientific work was seriously
impeded. His laboratory