Jewish Herald-Voice (Houston, Tex.), Vol. 82, No. 25, Ed. 2 Thursday, September 20, 1990 Page: 8 of 158
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changed. He knew he could not
continue to lead an oppressed
life, knowing that, for his two
sons as well, there would be no
chancefor happiness or safety.
This time Ilya prevailed.
So these two women, who had
buried parents and siblings and
husbands, chose to go with their
children and make the strenuous
journey to freedom.
"Yes, it has been difficult," ad-
mits Shaindel. "But we are so
happy to be here. We have no re-
grets."
I visited with the sisters in their
apartment at the Goldberg B'nai
B'rith Towers recently. To meet
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the demands of starting over in a
strange, new place?
Shaindel Shnur, 80, and her sis-
ter, Klara Lisker, 71, are two who
faced that difficult decision and
said "yes". But even after a life-
time of oppression, the choice -
and its consequences - were far .
from simple.
Shaindel's only son, Ilya, first
broached the subject of leaving
the Soviet Union to immigrate to
' the United States in 1980. She
prevailed upon him not to go and
leave her behind. She felt that her
age and the responsibility of car-
ing for her sister precluded her
from making such a monumental
change.
But in 1989, when Ilya once
again approached his mother with
his desire to leave, times had
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