The case of Josif Begun. a Soviet dissident whom I have "adopted." represents a tragic example of the injustice and brutality of the Soviet Government to its Jewish citizens. Begun. a prominent technical scientist. taught himself Hebrew and later fought for the legalization of Hebrew teaching. Dismissed from his job as senior research assistant at the Moscow Central Research Institute and subsequently from jobs as a telephone operator and a night watchman. Begun secretly continued to tutor young students in Hebrew. Begun. who has relatives in Israel. had been denied an exit visa for 13 years due to his persistence in publicly upholding his Jewish heritage. He had already served 5 years in internal exile when the final blow came. Last October.