Speaker. it is estimated that there are at least 2.800 refusenik familiespeople who have been refused exit permission more than oncerepresenting at least 9.000 individuals in the Soviet Union today. Mr. Speaker. this drastic cutback in emigration has been accompanied by increasing manifestations of officially sanctioned antiSemitism. such as the publication of blatantly antiSemitic literature. discrimination against Jews in employment and education. prohibitions against teaching of Hebrew and expressions of Jewish culture. and the formation of the AntiZionist Committee of the Soviet Public. These practices. which are in direct violation of the 1975 Helsinki Accords. and the status of Soviet Jews under Yuri Andropov were recently eloquently summarized by Jerry Goodman. the executive director of the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. in an article entitled. "The Year of Andropov." Mr. Speaker. at this time I would like to share this excellent article with my colleagues and ask that it be inserted into the RECORD.
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