Close to 300 JewishAmericans from the Lehigh Valley of Pennsylvania are planning to make the trip to Washington in support of their brethren who live virtually incarcerated behind the Iron Curtain. I applaud their commitment to human rights and stand with them in solidarity with their cause. In the words of Rabbi Jonathan A. Schnitzer. of -Bnai Abraham Synagog in Easton. PA. the purpose of the event is twofold. "It tells the people themselves that theyre being remembered. but it also communicates to the Soviet authorities that the fate of the refuseniks is being monitored very. very carefully." There are currently an estimated 11.000 Soviet Jews who have applied for emigration to Israel and have been refused. therefore making them "refuseniks." In support of the Lehigh Valley effort. Allentown. PA.
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