City in the 14th annual "Solidarity Rallies such as the one in New York Sunday for Soviet Jewry." I would like City are crucial to the fight to free to join my colleagues in focusing at- Soviet Jewry. They show the Soviet tention on this and other concurrent leadership that we will not forget demonstrations of support for the cou- those who are fighting oppression in rageous Jewish citizens of the Soviet the Soviet Union. It Is this message of Union who continue to fight oppres- support which we must continue to sion and hardships In an effort to send. not only to the Soviet leaders. secure their basic human rights. but also to the refuseniks themselves In recent years. the number of Jews as a beacon of hope and strength to allowed to emigrate from the Soviet those who are kept prisoners in that Union has fallen to abysmally low country. levels. The irony of this restricted emi- We are cautiously optimistic that gration policy is that though the with the changes in Soviet leadership Soviet Government Is virulently anti- and with the slight increase in visas Semitic. it continues to insist that the granted during April. we may see Soviet Union contains a Jewish home- somewhat better times for Soviet land. Those who are forced to remain Jews. But until this actually happens must endure the inhumane treatment we cannot let up in our fight.
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