Speaker. during the past months. Americans have grown increasingly aware of Jewish Soviet citizens and their struggle to combat the efforts of cultural homogenization by the Soviet Government. Not only are the Jewish citizens of the Soviet Union denied the right to enjoy their culture and heritage. they are also prohibited from emigrating so that they might enjoy it in a more open society. Despite numerous international agreements signed by the Soviets. which affirm both the right of cultural diversity and the right of emigration. Jews living in the Soviet Union are not permitted to have their own schools. a national religious organization and are strictly limited in terms of the number of books and magazines they may publish to serve the intellectual interests of their fellow Jewish citizens. If they express a desire to emigrate. Soviet Jews face discrimination and harassment. The latest evidence of this which has- come to my attention is a story in the October 18 edition of the Atlanta Constitution. It tells of the plight of a young Jewish mother who left the Soviet Union before the birth of her child. believing that her husband would be permitted to emigrate shortly after she did. This young woman. Rita Gluzman. left Russia with her family in September of 1969. after an application process that took 15 years.
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