His case is alarming evidence that the Soviets have stepped up their determined campaign to eradicate Hebrew teachers. and subsequently Jewish culture. from Soviet society. It is frightening that this new action of mounting persecution and harassment is aimed at scaring Soviet Jews and curbing the movement for repatriation to Israel. We are all aware that emigration levels have steadily declined since 1979. when 51.320 Soviet Jews were permitted to emigrate to Israel. In 1984. only 896 Jews were granted exit visas reports. according to the National Conference on Soviet Jewry. Twenty percent of the worldwide Jewish population resides in the Soviet Union. The time has come to improve the plight of Soviet Jewry by working on such causes as releasing Soviet dissidents such as Anatoly Shcharansky from prison. ending the statesponsored antiSemitic campaign of harassment of Hebrew teachers. and allowing the thousands of refuseniks to emigrate such as my adopted
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