Rabinovich now works in a shoe factory earning a mere 130 to 150 rubles a monthequivalent to $130 to $150 in the United States. He must deal with the professional and personal humiliation of a pay decrease of 100 rubles from his once prestigious career. The Soviets justify this treatment by accusing Rabinovich of having access to state secrets. In reality. the ships which Rabinovich helped design travel worldwide. Obviously. this Soviet citizen. as well as 11.000 others. is being denied an emigration visa only because he is a Jew. This bureaucracy can refuse him his freedom. but it cannot deny his Jewish identity. He will never forget his studies. or his heritage. regardless of his forced separation from his family.
Identified stereotypes
Accusation that all Soviet Jews have access to state secrets.