I am very proud to serve as cochairman of the congressional call to conscience for 1988 with my friend. and distinguished colleague. Senator BOND. Sponsored by the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews. the vigil provides a mechanism by which we. as Members of Congress. can continually call attention to the plight of Soviet Jews unjustly persecuted by their government and seeking to emigrate to the free world. The recent "thawing" of relations between the Soviet Union and United States has not changed the treatment of Jews in the Soviet Union. The 2 to 3 million Jews living in the Soviet Union are discriminated against in housing. education. and employment.
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