Today. their situation has not changed. in many ways it has worsened. but they still have not abandoned their hope of reunification with family members here in the United States. It is appropriate today. too. to note the Solidarity Sunday activities May 2 in New York City when thousands of dedicated people gathered in behalf of Soviet Jewish families like the Shuravietskys who suffer daily the loss of basic rights and alienation under Soviet totalitarianism. For the Shuravietskys that totalitarianism has taken the form of job discrimination. imprisonment. and repeated denials for exit visas to visit Zinas elderly. ailing parents. They all hope fervently to make their family whole once more. despite the unrelenting despair and frustration they must face as refuseniks. As with so many others who have dared to defy the Soviet state in the name of simple human justice. life for the Shuravietskys and their two children is a constant struggle. reflective of a worsening record of human rights violations in the Soviet Union.