Those cemeteries that still stand are slated to become parks. We in the Western World must be the ones to come to the aid of the Soviet Jews. The only hope that these prisoners of conscience have is immigration to Israel or the West. In 1979. more than 51.000 of them emigrated from the Soviet Union. Today that figure has declined to slightly more than 1.500 per year. 1984 must be a year in which we pledge to reverse the trend. While there is a multitude of statistics on the plight of the Soviet Jews. the story of an individual often can provide insight into a society that numbers cannot.
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