A Soviet Jewish family from Odessa, ranging in ages from 2 to 76, began settling down here this weekend after being greeted by the press and Jewish community leaders upon their arrival at O’Hare Airport last Thursday. The family, first with four generations intact to resettle here since Soviet Jewish migration began in 1970, were brought to this city by United HIAS, a Jewish United Fund-supported agency. They were met at the airport by JUF leaders Leonard H. Sherman and David Smerling.
News and television cameras recorded the arrival of Shieva Visitsky, 76, Roman Bromberg, 66, Dvoira Yasnogorodskaya Bromberg, 59, Anatoli Visitsky, 47, Maria Bromberg Visitsky, 41, Osip Visitsky. 17, Alla Visitskaya Bergman, 21. Michail Bergman, 27, and Alexander Bergman, 2 Also on the flight was Smil Tsaskin, who was reunited with his wife, Sana, who arrived in Chicago Oct. 1. 1973.
Though tired, the family answered questions through an interpreter from the Jewish Family and Community Service, which will assist them in resettlement. When asked why she emigrated, Mrs. Visitsky, Alexander’s great grandmother, replied: “I want to be with my family. When I die I want to be buried where my children can cry over my grave.” Her daughter-in-law, Maria, wept when she got off the plane. She told the interpreter that she cried for Joy, that she was thrilled to be in America and that all her life she had hoped to come to this country. “Life in Russia is very difficult,” she said. “That is all I can say, I have cousins who are still there.”
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