Shcharansky reportedly entered this fast on Yom Kippur knowing full well that in his condition he may not survive it. This world reknown computer scientist and mathematician has been charged with treason and antiSoviet agitation and propaganda but in reality his only crime was wishing to join his family in Israel and having the freedom to live a a Jew. These are freedoms denied in the Soviet Union where emigration figures continue to tell the devastating story. In 1979. 51.320 Soviet Jews were allowed to emigrate. In 1981. 9.447. In November 1982 only 137 Soviet Jews were let go and the total figure for 1982 is not expected to reach even 2.700.
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