At the same time. I - stand to give tribute to the abiding . strength and spirit of hope which. t even in the face of oppression. our o Jewish brothers and sisters in the Soviet Union continue to maintain. y As we speak today. more than 2 million Jews are trapped inside the Soviet e Union. Emigration has fallen to an all.f time low. In fact. there has been a virp. tual shutdown of Jewish emigration: .t only 61 Soviet Jews were permitted to 11 leave last month. compared to an averif age of more than 4.000 per month in 2914 cc 1979. As emigration has fallen. Soviet harassment of refuseniks and teachers of Hebrew and Jewish culture has grown resulting in prison terms. internal exile or loss of Jobs for many Soviet Jews. Also on the rise is the dissemination of antiJewish publications and other propaganda in the officially sponsored Soviet media.
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