The only real difference in Michael Zands story and that of millions of his fellow Soviet Jews is that he escaped. They are still there. undergoing much of the same denial of rights. indignities. harassments. persecutions. only more so. that he underwent. They cannot find work. receive mail. partake of their own culture or even emigrate to their spiritual holy land. And I think that situation. replete with a thousand examples that parallel Michael Zands story. should move us at least to a gesture of sympathy and support. if not a strong and continuous pressure against such Russian treatment of Soviet citizens. It has been suggested that one way this could be done is via Voice of America broadcasts in Yiddish to the Jews in the Soviet Union.
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