Toward the end of the Breszhnev er k. however. and into the Andropov. and now the Chernenko period. Soviet authorities began to crack down on dissident groups. The crackdown was effective. and today these groups have been driven underground. The exception has been the Soviet Jews. With their courage. their contacts in the West. and their effective organization. they have kept the plight of Soviet Jewry in the eye of the West though the emigration of Soviet Jews has dropped off drastically. Faced with the might of the Soviet Government. their battle to gain freedom and begin a new life elsewhere assumes herioc proportions. Yet it is easy to see how they could get discouraged.
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