Jews are being arrested solely on the grounds that they are teaching the official Jewish language: Hebrew. The persecution of Jews in the Soviet Union reaches new heights of severity every day. This past month only 83 refusenicks were allowed to emigrate from the U.S.S.R. Perhaps 1.000 Jews will be allowed to emigrate this year. resulting in the lowest emigration statistics since 1970. The Soviets are conducting an official campaign against Jewish culture and education. especially against Hebrew teachers. In the past 2 months four leading Hebrew teachers have been arrested in the U.S.S.R.: Aleksandr Kholmiansky of Moscow arrested on July 25. 1984.
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