Speech #970142911

As the only Jewish woman now held as a prisoner of conscience in the Soviet Union. Ida Nudels case is expecially poignant. As such. she symbolizes the systematic harassment and persecution of the Jewish community in the Soviet Union. where literature is confiscated. Hebrew teachers harassed and jailed. and Jewish families separated through cruel and arbitrary emigration discrimination. It is fitting that as the U.S. Congress pays special recognition to Ida Nudel. we also spoke out on the general problem of repression of the Jewish community in the Soviet Union by passing House Joint Resolution 373 a sense of Congress resolution sponsored by our distinguished colleague from Colorado.