Let us hope that he is released. and that he is permitted to live his life free from the fear that the least misdemeanorthe least infraction or questionable interpretation of Soviet lawswill find him back in prison. As United StatesSoviet relations have deteriorated. so has the situation for Soviet Jews. We have all watched as the figures for Soviet Jewish emigration have fallen drastically over the past 5 years. For all intents and purposes. emigration by Soviet Jews has come to a halt. I take strong exception to the Soviet claim. via the officially sanctioned AntiZionist Committee. that this precipitous decline in emigration is due to the socalled fact that all Jews wishing to leave have done so. How can that be when approximately 400.000 Jews still in the Soviet Union have requested. or have already received. from friends and relatives in Israel. a vyzovthe first document necessary to begin the arduous emigration process? This assertion. as well as the very existence of the AntiZionist Committee. displays an alarming turn in Soviet treatment of the Jewish community. AntiSemitism is on the rise in that country.
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