He was convicted on trumpedup drug charges. and sentenced to 3 years at an especially harsh labor camp. Yulis wife. Tatyana. reports that he is beaten continually. and prohibited from returning to his room to rest after work. His real crime? The desire to live as a Jew. and to pass his heritage on to others. Yuli Edelshtein is not an isolated case. My two other adopted refusenik families. the Ostrirovs and the Khassins. have also continually been denied permission to emigrate. Unfortunately. their plights are typical of countless thousands of other Soviet Jews. Forced to remain in the Soviet Union against their will. they cannot celebrate the holidays central to their faith without harassment.
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