Presently he is serving his sentence in Chistopol Prison. cut off from family and friends. He continues to practice his religion. And he continues to hope to emigrate to a land where faith and teaching Hebrew are not considered crimes against the state. On April 3 of this year. my colleagues in the Maryland House of Delegates passed a resolution to express support for losif Begun as he serves his third term. This commendable action on the part of the Maryland State Legislature indicates the deep commitment lawmakers at every level of governmentfrom city to county to State to national bodieshave made to seek freedom for every Soviet Jew. We will not end our vigil until we have seen the gates of Jewish emigration from the Soviet Union reopen. And we will not be silent as long as losif Begun and his fellow believers remain imprisoned. Mr.
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