Mr. Leonid Rigerman has borne witness to the religious. political. economic. and cultural persecution of the Jewish population in Russia. Commenting on the desire of many Jews to emigrate to Israel. Mr. Rigerman aptly noted that in the U.S.S.R. "they cant be Jews. they are deprived of all forms of Jewish meaning. culture." It is clear that the free world cannot permit this harassment. and intimidation of Soviet Jews to go unnoticed and that a moral obligation exists to bring all pressure to bear or the U.S.S.R. to changedits discriminatory and oppressive policies " Last month. the New York State Senate passed a resolution. memorializing the Congress to use all means to persuade the Soviet Union to change its oppressive policies toward Soviet Jewry.
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