Mr. Speaker. I wish to share with my colleagues a letter to the Congress from Yacov Gorodetsky. a Soviet Jew who has been trying since January 1979 to emigrate to Israel. These are difficult times for Jews in the Soviet Union and Mr. Gorodetskys case is certainly no exception. Because of his efforts to emigrate and his involvement in the Jewish cultural revival in Leningrad. he has been subjected to threats. harassment. and repeated firings from jobs. On September 1. 2 days after he wrote the letter to Congress. Mr. Gorodetsky was convicted by a Leningrad court for refusing to provide the KGB with information on his employment status.
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