Mark Bridavsky, 83, of Beachwood is a 1980 emigrant from Kiev, Ukraine. The son of a WWII casualty, he spent his childhood as a war refugee but went on to attend higher education and become an engineer, as well as the husband of Anna Bridavsky. Part of a series of interviews documenting the unique immigrant experience of Soviet Jews in northeast Ohio and exploring issues of professional, family, and religious life.