Speaker. on a warm Sunday afternoon more than 5.000 people gathered in Forest Hills tennis stadium to express their support for Soviet Jews. This outpouring of sympathy for the plight of Soviet Jews was a great tribute to the bond we in the United States should feel for oppressed people in other nations. The June 4. 1972. rally was sponsored by the National Council of Young Israel and its purpose was to raise approximately $100.000 to help those Soviet Jews who are able to emigrate to Israel. The funds will be used for religious and spiritual aid for refugees. to purchase prayer books and to support religious schools and houses of worship in Israel. Mr. Speaker. the rally was entitled the "Miracle of Return" andspotlighted the refusal of the Soviet Government to recognize the basic international human right of emigration. There can be no freedom without the freedom to leave or move and that is the tragedy of the oppression of the Soviet Jews. I am pleased to place in the RECORD at this point the program of the Miracle of Return Rally in Forest Hills and to commend the more than 5.000 persons who took part in that impressive expression of support for Soviet Jews:
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