The second purpose of our resolution is directed to the vast majority of Soviet Jews. who have not requested permission to leave. They are the worlds third largest Jewish comunity. consituting onefifth of the worlds Jewish population. Discrimination against Jews in the Soviet Union could. over time. so undermine Jewish traditional. religious and cultural life as to virtually extinguish all trace of an identifiable Jewish community. Deportation of some national groups and forced Russification of others have weakened many national communities within the Soviet Union. Those which most successfully maintain their culture and language have a geographic base. The same is not true of Soviet Jews.
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