Jews are permitted no Hebrew publications. no national organization. and no regular ties with fellow Jews abroad. Their country contains fewer than 60 functioning synagogues. and not a single rabbinical school. During 1984. a deplorable new low in Jewish emigration was coupled with a dramatic surge in Statesponsored antiSemitism. The roster of reprisals against those who apply for permission to leave the Soviet Union is painfully familiar: harassment by police. interception of mail. restricted educational opportunities for children. and loss of jobs and income. Among those now enduring the fate of the refuseniks is Sergel Fishel. the son of one of my constituents.
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