The Jewish theater and the Jewish press are dead. Alone of the 108 nationality groups which make up the peoples of the Soviet Union. the Jews are being subjected to a planned assault on their very identity. It is no wonder then. that so many Jews in the Soviet Union. deprived of their culture and of their religion. wish to emigrate. It is no wonder that about 100.000 applications for permission to emigrate are before the Soviet authorities. One can imagine how many more applications might be made. were the risk in revealing the desire to leave Russia not so great. The trial which has just been completed is an effort to strike further fear into the hearts of the Jews.
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