To be a "refusenik." or dissenter. Is to risk ones life. family. possessions. and place in society. Filling out a form to emigrate to Israel. demonstrating. or holding a sign in public can cause a Russian Jew to lose his Job. his right to work. his apartment. his ration book. his possessions. and even his or her freedom. The Soviet Government has yet to learn that though it may silence those who speak out. it cannot forever repress the human spirit and its longing for freedom. We who eat our matzoh in freedom this Passover are saddened and distressed at the increasing suffering of the Soviet Jewish community. but we are proud of the courage and determination which marks their efforts to gain religious freedom.
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