According to Judaism. the following 10 days until October 9. Yom Kippur. is the period during which God decides each persons fate for the coming year: Who will live and who will die. who will be freed and who will remain captive. This past year has shown a great increase in the level of emigration from the Soviet Union for Soviet Jews. Armenians. and Evangelical Christians. In total. over 32.500 people emigrated from the Soviet Union between January and July 1989. I know everyone here welcomes this increase. However. despite the progress that has been made. there are still many families which remain separated. and many people who have lived for too long awaiting permission to emigrate. Vladimir Ralz of Vilnius has been awaiting permission to emigrate since 1972over 17 years. Mikhail Kazanevich of Leningrad has been refused permission to emigrate since 1973. I hope that these refuseniks. as well as the many other people who are still awaiting permission to emigrate as they celebrate the Jewish New Year. will by this spring. when the holiday of Passover is celebrated. realize the hope they expressed last Passover-"Next Year In Jerusalem." I thank my colleagues for their attention. and I would like to take this opportunity to wish a Shanna Tova. a good year. to my constituents and to the refuseniks in the Soviet Union.
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