The Soviets hope that by fear of reprisals and outright repression they can kill the spirit of a faith that has existed for thousands of years. To be a Jew in the Soviet Union is tantamount to being a second class citizen. Jobs. privileges. upward mobility. things most people take for granted in the United States are denied consistently to Jews in the U.S.S.R. It is no wonder thousands of Jews seek to emigrate every year from the Soviet Union. Yet even the freedom to leave is denied to them. We. who enjoy political and cultural freedom find it especially repugnant to view such Soviet repression.
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Jews in the Soviet Union are treated as second-class citizens and denied basic rights.