The closing of the synagogue will tragically affect the 20.000 Jews in the community. already under siege. Countless letters. speeches. and prayers have been offered in behalf of those persecuted in the Soviet Union. These people yearn for the freedom to practice religion as they please. the right to privacy and the right to emigraterights guaranteed to the people of the Soviet Union with the signing of the Helsinki accords of 1975. The refusenik community consists not only of Jews. but of individuals from many other religious communities that wish to be free. The United States has long attempted to defend the dignity of all individuals in the Soviet Union.
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