Word: mostkova
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OUTSIDE the Soviet Supreme Court building in Moscow last week, a passer-by sneered, "You bunch of yids!" at a handful of people who stood shivering in the snow. One of the group, Esfir Mostkova, told Western newsmen that she had been vainly seeking permission to go to Israel since 1948. As police began hauling her off for "talking to foreigners," she shouted a few final words to the newsmen, explaining that she has cancer and wants to see her son in Israel before she dies...
...Esfir Mostkova and the rest of the desolate little group in Moscow were waiting to hear the court's ruling on the appeals of eleven Soviet citizens-nine of them Jews-who also wanted desperately to go to Israel. They were convicted in Leningrad on Christmas Eve of plotting to hijack a Soviet airliner. Two of the Jews were sentenced to death, and seven others, along with the two Gentiles, drew sentences of up to 15 years...
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