Natan Shcharansky has finally realized the dream of "next year in Jerusalem." We join with Avital and all of Israel in celebrating his long overdue homecoming. Yet freedom for a few must not lessen our resolve to strive for the liberty of the 400.000 Jews who remain behind in the Soviet Union. Emigration has fallen to its lowest level in two decades and repression of Soviet Jews is on the rise. Last year just 1.140 Jews were permitted to leave the Soviet Uniondown from a peak of 51.000 in 1979. Together we must continue the work of reuniting families and freeing prisoners of conscience.
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