The fact that the Kremlin views human life from a different perspective than the majority of the civilized world should not come as any great shock. There is no clearer example than the ongoing persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union. The issue of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union has become a focal point of criticism for those who value the right to choose ones home and freely join ones family. I am deeply disturbed that as -if August of this year. only 934 Jews had emigrated from the Soviet Union. This is appalling when compared to the first 8 months of 1979. when 33.553 left. We must make this escalation in human suffering a more integral part of our overall relationship with the Soviets. The Helsinki process. as perpetuated in Madrid. is one approach. the time has come to look for others. Emigration is by no means the only problem besetting the Soviet Jew today. The Shcharanskys. Beguns. and Paritskys are many. and all are prisoners of a system that recognizes nothing about freedom of thought. freedom to celebrate ones heritage and freedom to practice ones faith.
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