For Soviet Jews. however. these charges reflect the growing antiSemitic attitude of the Soviet Government. The conditions under which the Soviet Jews must exist continue to deteriorate. Emigration is at a record low. only 5 percent of the emigration rate of 1979. Serious criminal charges. as well as daily harassment by the KGB. have increased dramatically against Soviet Jews. An illustration of these practices can be readily seen in the case of Felix Kochubievsky. my adopted refusenik. An educated man working as an electrical engineer. he applied for permission to emigrate to Israel in 1978 with his wife. Emigration was denied because he had handled classified material in his line of work. Later. in 1982. he was arrested and convicted of defaming the Soviet state by promoting the growth of the U.S.S.R.-Israel Fniendship Society. He was sentenced to 2 V2 years in a labor camp.
Identified stereotypes
Generalization about the anti-Semitic attitude of the Soviet Government.