Speaker. whether those will come to pass will be a big part of the answers to these questions. All friends of Soviet Jewry should be encouraged simply by the discussion of these sorts of far ranging reforms. reforms that include importation of Jewish religious books. they are now to be allowed. a kosher restaurant will be opened. ritual slaughtering to produce kosher meat will be allowed. synagogues will be opened. rabbinical students will be permitted to leave the Soviet Union to study. and the teaching of Hebrew in schools will be permitted. Perhaps most significantly. emigration of 11.000 longterm refuseniks will be allowed. While Mr. Abrams observations are encouraging. it is Soviet actions. not promises. on which the policy of glasnost. will rise or fall and be judged by humanity.
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