Speaker. in Anatoly Shcharanskys 62 years of sentence he has suffered from brutal conditions and a hunger strike that recently brought him to near death. The movement he so poignantly symbolizes has suffered a similarly tragic recent history. Emigration for Soviet Jews is now at a trickle and antiSemitic activities by Soviet authorities have been on the rise. I therefore ask my colleagues to continue to bolster the unshaken commitment of Soviet Jews. a spirit well symbolized in the brave words of Shcharanskys wife. Avital: Over the footsteps of the jailers and over the clang of the iron gates being shut closed. we can hear the call of our prisoners in Soviet Russia: "Next Year in Jerusalem!
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