Denial of freedom to worship. whereever and whenever it occurs. is a crime against our common humanity and a violation of the noblest aspirations of the spirit of man. In recent years the Soviet Union has imposed hindrances on the religious freedom of the Jews residing within the Soviet Union by placing major restrictions on the training of new clerics. Many of the Jews who seek to emigrate to Israel give the lack of religious freedom as a reason for renouncing their Soviet citizenship. Therefore. I have joined over 250 of my colleagues in the 93d Congress in the introduction of the Freedom of Emigration Act. Our Government has an opportunity in this situation to assert moral leadership by refusing to proceed with expanded EastWest trade until the Soviet Union clearly recognizes the basic human rights of all of its citizens. During the celebration of the Jewish high holidays. we recall once again the suffering endured by the Jewish people. and mankinds conscience cries out against the betrayal of human rights which they have tragically experienced.
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