Speech #980166493

I say. because our freedoms have rendered us safe from such a plight. on the other hand. however. we may not fully appreciate those freedoms because we have never experienced the kind of suffering to which Soviet Jews are subjected. There was a time in our history as a nation when our ancestors knew all too poignently how oppression breeded suffering. In excaping their plight. the basis for our freedom was laid. We do have a common bond with these people through our heritage. In the name of that heritage. we must let Soviet Jews know that they have not been forgotten and encourage the Soviet authorities to allow them to emigrate.0