The handful of aging rabbis and other religious functionaries cannot be replaced. Synagogues have been shut down systematically. and less than 70 of the 450 which existed in 1956 are left. Restrictions on the public baking and sale of the unleavened bread for Passover are still severe. Although Soviet ideology condemns antiSemitism. it is virulent and increasing. especially since the ArabIsraeli conflict. Jews have been made scapegoats for economic practices common to the entire nation. Jews are denied advancement in key areas of government service and subjected to a disadvantageous quota system in higher education. The fate of the Jews in the Soviet Union. Mr.
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