As the religious persecution and harassment of Soviet Jews continues. so does the violation of their human rights. especially the right to practice their religious beliefs. Soviet Jews seeking to preserve their heritage by teaching the Hebrew language are now subject to sentences of 7 years of hard labor. Individuals exercising their religious beliefs face physical beatings and criminal sentences. These are some of the symptoms of the callous disregard for human rights exhibited by the Soviet Union today. As the number of Jews permitted to emigrate to Israel from the Soviet Union has sharply declined from 51.000 in 1979 to 1.140 in 1985. I believe it is time to refocus our attention on the plight of Soviet Jews. In particular.
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