— Former Prisoner of Conscience Isaak Shkolnik has again been denied permission to emigrate from the Soviet Union to join his wife and daughter in Israel, according to confirmed reports received by the National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ).
Shkolnik was released from a labor camp on July 5, 1979, exactly seven years after being arrested for “treason.” Since his release he repeatedly applied for permission to join his family in Israel and has been shunted from office to office without any results. He is presently living in Lvov with his father, and has yet to receive any positive news regarding his status, the NCSJ reported.
Shkolnik’s wife, Feiga and daughter Aliza, emigrated from the Soviet Union in December 1973 and reside in Jerusalem. They toured the United States in December 1975.
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