I rise today to call attention to a disturbing trend in the Soviet Union. As events are unfolding in the U.S.S.R.. there has been some encouraging news for the Soviet Jewish community. Jewish culture. stifled by past regimes. Is rising from the ashes. Soviet Jews are emigrating to the West in greater numbers. and conditions are improving for those who remain Yet an article in the March 1990 issue of Physics Today chronicles a shocking increase In the activities of extremist groups such as the group Pamyat. directed at Soviet Jews. These extremists preach a gospel of hate with similarities to that of Nazi Germany. Their acts of antisemitic violence are increasing.
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