Mr. Speaker. it is un fortunate that Soviet Jews remair trapped in a situation where it is diffi cult for them to practice their religion a right which we so frequently takc for granted. and yet they cannot leavf the Soviet Union to emigrate to other lands where they may practice their religion freely. We pay tribute to their continuing courage and determination in the face of oppression. The recent conviction of Aleksandr Kholmiansky. a Hebrew teacher from Moscow. on charges of "possessing ammunition" and "hooligan" activities is but one more example of the repres. sion of the practice of their religion by Soviet Jews.
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