Another example of Soviet totalitarianism is the case of Ilya Essas. Like Shcharansky and Begun. Essas has been fired from his job as a physicist and mathematician. because he and his wife filed requests to emigrate to Israel. The Essas family were denied vizovs. on the grounds that Ilya had alleged exposure to secrets by his wife while working in the construction industry. But. the supervisor of Ilyas wife has been allowed to emigrate to Israel 1 year before Essas applied in Since 1976 Ilya and his wife have dedicated their lives to the study and teaching of Judaism. But in 1980 the KGB started cracking down on the Essass religious meetings held in their own home. Hence. Mr. and Mrs. Essas and their children have had to live in fear rather than in freedom. We hope that the Soviet authorities drop these false charges. stop harassing the Essas family and allow them to emigrate to Israel. Moreover. I just learned the other day of the plight of two more Soviet JewsZakhar Zunshain of Riga and Olga Medvedkova of Moscow. Zakhar is a physicist who first applied to emigrate with his wife in June 1980. They were refused in 1981. In 1983.
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