MAY, 1982 the IYAR, 5742 SHOFAR B'NAI B'RITH YOUTH ORGANIZATION ALEPH ZADIK ALEPH (AZA) B'NAI B'RITH GIRLS (BBG) ner was attaine ry of my eriences with WENT TO THE U.S.S.R. BRENDA SILVERMAN ernational N'siah was a crazy idea. I thought it up when I was I travelled with Mike Rosenberg, 23, from had brought it, and I responded that I didn't like home from Convention last summer: what Berkeley, California, who served last year as North tours and museums all the time and liked to listen MMER way to get BBYO really involved with Soviet American Chairman of a Zionist group called to music in my room. He next discovered my than for me-the new International N'siah- TELEM. We had a lot in common, especially our "BBYO Sings" tapes and asked me what they were. it the Soviet Union. But 18-year-old girls feelings about Israel. We brought many items into answered, "The Beatles or The Who my go to the Soviet Union-or do they? the Soviet Union, including food for an Mother put them in!" He said he wanted to hear eight months I kept the secret. I was sure I underground Jewish children's camp, Hebrew the tapes and got some batteries. Institute Idn't get a visa. Or I wouldn't find a traveling books, a Tanach (Hebrew Bible), Jewish jewelry, a He put the "BBYO Sings" tapes in and turned riner. Or BBYO wouldn't agree to take that kind Haggadah, a cassette recorder and some "BBYO the cassette as loud as it would go. Blaring ponsibility. Or my parents wouldn't permit it. Sings" tapes. throughout Soviet customs in Leningrad came "Im asn't until the Aeroflot plane from Helsinki, After the soldiers at customs had scrutinized my Tirzu" and "Jerusalem of Gold" and "Lu Yehi!" At and arrived in Leningrad, and I was greeted by passport, visa, and other documents, they began to first I was afraid, but I realized that my music, in nany Soviet soldiers with SO many guns, and so go through my luggage. One of the first items they my language, from my country, on my "BBYO male pictures of Lenin, that I realized that the trip found was my Tanach, which they scrutinized page Sings" tapes was blaring throughout Soviet really happening. by page. Next, one of the agents discovered my BBYO sent me to visit refuseniks in Leningrad, customs and we were winning! cassette recorder (which sells for about $400 in the lina. Rija, Minsk and Moscow. The next song to come on was "Eli, Eli" by Soviet Union). The customs agent asked me why I Continued on page 2