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$130 Value, $
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Zev and Karmella Raiz after 18 years and three hours.

After 18 Years,
A Miracle

GARY ROSENBLATT

Editor

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FRIDAY, APRIL 13, 1990

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This is a story
about heroes,
here and in the
USSR, and about
one woman's
struggle to se-
cure her family's
-., freedom. Best of
all, it has a happy ending.
"With gratitude to the
Almighty and with great
pride and joy, we invite you
to join us in the celebration
of the Bar Mitzvah of our
dear son, Moshe," began the
invitation from Karmella
and Zev Raiz. The ceremony
was scheduled for 8 a.m.
Thursday, July 5, 1990, at
the Western Wall in
Jerusalem.
The unique aspect was
that when the invitation was
sent out in February,
Karmella was in America
trying to gain freedom for
her husband and son in
Vilnius, Lithuania. The
family had the sad distinc-
tion of being refuseniks
longer than any other Soviet
Jewish family: 18 years. And
the prospects for a bar mitz-
vah in Israel seemed bleak.
But Zev (formerly
Vladimir) and Karmella
never gave up. She came to
the U.S. with young Moshe
last fall on six-month tourist
visas — leaving behind her
husband and 7-year-old son,
Shaul — determined not to
leave until she had secured
her family's right to
emigrate from the USSR.
She spent those months
traveling between Washing-
ton and New York, speaking
out, meeting with senators
and congressmen, busi-
nessmen and Jewish leaders,
petitioning, badgering,
picketing and holding vigils
on behalf of her husband.

Karmella spoke in
Baltimore, Md., at the Fami-
ly Plea for Soviet Jewry in
December. "I expect
results," she said with quiet
determination. "If it will be
tomorrow, then I will leave
tomorrow."
But tomorrow, which in-
cluded a meeting with Pres-
ident Bush at the White
House, came and went.
Rikki Lewin of Potomac,
Md., who championed
Karmella's cause, said that
was a low point. Karmella
had hoped that after
meeting Bush, he would
make her case during his
Malta meeting with Gor-
bachev. But after the
summit, she received word
that her husband's petition
had been rejected again.
"She was depressed, but
never showed it," said
Lewin, who with her hus-
band, Nat, a prominent at-
torney, hosted Karmella
when she was in Washing-
ton and helped her plan her
strategy. "She had incredi-
ble energy, a constant smile,
and no matter how tired she
was, she would always ask,
`What else can I do?"'
With time running out on
her tourist visa, Karmella
increased her activities. She
held a vigil at the Soviet
Embassy on the Fast of
Esther last month and, em-
boldened by her situation,
handed out leaflets and
fliers in the face of Soviet
guards.
She and the Lewins plead-
ed with senators and con-
gressmen to "drown [Secre-
tary of State James] Baker
with paper," according to
Rikki Lewin. Government
officials and businessmen
who dealt with the Soviets
were asked to mention the
name of Zev Raiz in their
meetings.

