The high degree of urbanization of Russian Jewsover 93 percent live in cities and towns compared with the national average of 44 percent--seems to make them eminently qualified for educational opportunities and advancement in Russia. Yet. only 3.22 percent of the student population is Jewish. while in 1918 over 8.7 percent were Jewish. According to a recent study by Prof. Nicholas DeWitt. of the University of Indiana. there is evidence that a quota system is being maintained to limit the ambitions of Jewish students. One of the most recent additions to the history of Jewish persecution in Russia has been the socalled economic crimes. Beginning in May 1961. the Soviet Union enacted decrees extending the death penalty to economic offenses. like pilfering public or state property. counterfeiting. and currency speculation.
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