During the tsarist period a variety of laws were used against the Jewish population and often resulted in widespread programsthe goal being eradication of the Jewish ethnic identityculture. religion. and language. -The current wave of discrimination against the Jewish population in the Soviet Union illustrates the degree to which antiSemitism is still promoted and exploited by the Soviet Government. The status of Soviet Jews has in many cases deteriorated to that of secondclass citi*zens in a society that espouses equality as a basic tenet of its national life. The Jews in Russia have been denied religious and cultural freedom as well as the right to emigrate freely. Today. I hope this body will act to reaffirm our commitments to oppressed people throughout the Soviet Union and express its indignation regarding the treatment of Soviet Jews. Only last week I returned from a study mission on the subject of the emigration of Russian Jews with our fine and capable colleague from New York . We observed firsthand the arrival of hundreds of Jews from the Soviet Union in Vienna en route to the State of Israel. We saw them as they arrived.
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