Mr. Speaker. Soviet Jews comprise the third largest survivirg Jewish community In the world. Soviet Jews have been struggling to achieve basic human rights. including the right to maintain their own religion and culture. The right to leave any country that denies one their heritage is an internationally recognized human right. yet in the Soviet Union permission to emigrate is given arbitrarily. I believe that it is Important that in the face of this wave of antiSemitism. Americans must reaffirm their commitment to human rights. The United States Congress has been a leading supporter of Soviet Jews in their attempts to study and teach their faith.
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