With each candle he lights. the Jew in the Soviet Union increases the risk that he will be harassed by Soviet authorities. With each celebration of Passover. the Soviet Jew raises the chances that he will be the next Jew to be locked away in a Soviet prison or labor camp. For many years. for example. Vladimir Brodsky served with the unofficial Moscow peace group. His requests for exit visas for himself and his family have been repeatedly turned down. In August 1984. he was arrested for "hooliganism." a catchall offense used by the Soviets to punish religious and political dissidents. Brodsky served a 15day jail term. and was beaten so badly that he had to be hospitalized.