The tragic tradition of antiSemitism in Russia. the Ukraine and elsewhere. always just beneath the surface. is being fueled by ultranationalist hate groups and the tendency to find a scapegoat for the economic collapse. As a result. life is becoming increasingly difficult and dangerous for Soviet Jews. Fortunately. the State of Israel exists to take in these refugees and provide them with a new life. However. this modernday exodus is straining the resources of Israeli society to the breaking pointparticularly during this time when the Middle East is convulsed by a war that threatens the security of Israel. This urgent humanitarian effort needs outside support. and efforts like those of the Jewish Federation of Greater Monmouth County will provide muchneeded assistance to rescue more than 1 million Soviet Jews from a very bleak future. While their future in Israel is also somewhat clouded by uncertainty. I am confident that the great sense of family and community that has marked the absorptioin of each new wave of immigrants to Israel--from European refugees of the Holocaust through the recent influx of Ethiopian Jewswill provide these Soviet refugees with lives of dignity and a bright future for their children. Mr. Speaker.
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