The people who have the courage to worship are harassed. arrested. and imprisoned. The plight of the Jewish community in the Soviet Union is growing worse. In 1979. over 51.000 Jews were allowed to emigrate from the U.S.S.R. Last year. Jewish emigration dropped to little more than 1.300. This is the lowest level in 20 years. and represents nearly a 98percent decrease. Conditions for those hoping to emigrate are deteriorating rapidly. Soviet authorities are increasing their already strong pressure on Jews who wish to emigrate. Anatoly Shcharansky. who was arrested on this date in 1977. continues to languish in the notorious Soviet prison system. Yosef Begun. who desired to teach Hebrew. received the harsh sentence last October of 12 years.
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