Shcharansky is clearly another cosmetic attempt by the Communists to improve its international image in the West. I say this because of the fact that the situation remains largely unchanged for tens of thousands of Jews in the Soviet Union. In 1985 less than 100 Jews per month were issued exit visas. representing a drop of more than 95 percent from a high in 1979. Paralleling this decline has been a sharp increase in officially sanctioned antiSemitic campaigns by organizations such the AntiZionist Committee of Soviet Citizens. Other forms of the discrimination continue such as loss of jobs. restrictions on Jewish university enrollment. and blatant arrests of Jewish activists.