Mr. Speaker. it is an honor for me to participate in this years call to conscience vigil. This annual event reinforces the congressional commitment to working on behalf of the hundreds of thousands of Soviet Jews who desire to emigrate to Israel but cannot. However. despite the optimism that surrounded the atmosphere in Geneva and the symbolic presummit gestures. and even despite the recent release of Anatoly Shcharansky. the overall situation for Jews living in the Soviet Union remains dismal. Monthly emigration levels are very bleak and harassment of people expressing their religious beliefs is a constant occurrence. I would like to. once again. call my colleagues attention to the problems facing Tatiana and Zachar Zunshine. The Zunshines first applied to emigrate to Israel in 1981. Their nightmare began on March 6. 1984. when Zachar began serving his 3 year sentence for alleged crimes committed against the Soviet state. Mr.
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