Session #99 · 1985–87

Speech #990050617

President. I would like to bring to the attention of the Senate. and to our entire Nation. the plight of the many Soviet Jews known as "Refuseniks." Refusenik has become an international word. It describes a Soviet Jew who. having been consistently denied permission to emigrate to Israel. is harassed by the KGB. They are usually dismissed from their place of work. and live in constant fear of being arrested on trumpedup charges. which could result in imprisonment. One such case is that of the family of Gennady Khassin. He. his wife Natalia and daughters. Helen and Yehudith. have been denied visas since 1976. As a graduate of Moscow State University with a doctorate degree in mathematics. Gennady was employed as an associate professor of mathematics at the Moscow Pedagogical Institute. Hoping to improve his chances of being allowed to emigrate. he left this post to teach in a middle school. Nevertheless. Mr.
Keywords matched
emigrate visas

Classification

Target group
Sentiment
Positive
Stereotyping
No
Confidence
90%
Model
gemini-2.0-flash
Framing
Humanitarian Victim

Speaker & context

Speaker
J. THURMOND
Party
R
Chamber
S
State
SC
Gender
M
Date
1985-06-12
Speech ID
990050617
Paragraph
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