Speaker. it is a great honor to join with my colleagues in welcoming Iosif Mendelevich to our Nations Capital. His presence here today is testimony to the indefatigable strength of the human spirit. Mr. Mendelevichs struggle to preserve his Jewish identity during his long years in a Soviet labor camp is a symbol of the unflagging determination of the Jewish community in the Soviet Union to be free to live as Jews. His struggle to emigrate to Israel is that communitys struggle to make "next year in Jerusalem" a living reality. Mr. Mendelevichs story has served as a great inspiration to us in the West to defend human rights and human dignity wherever they may be under attack.
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