I am expecting some of these students in my office tomorrow. On the one hand. we will have something to celebratethe release of Anatoly Shcharansky and his joyous reception in Israel. On the other hand. our happiness will be tempered by the sad reality that thousands of Jews who desperately want to emigrate remain captives of the Soviet system. The numbers are all to familiar to us. but they bear repeating. so we never lose sight of the magnitude of the problem. Some 350.000 Soviet Jews have expressed the desire to emigratea right to which they are entitled under the Helsinki accordsbut a mere 1.140 were granted permission to leave last year. The rest are not only denied their rights to emigrate. they are also subject to harassment and intimidation. Many Jews lose their Jobs. and some are imprisoned on trumped up charges. The price these people pay is simply appalling.
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