Hebrew University. the Zionist Forum. and the Jerusalem Post. is sponsoring a conference in Jerusalem this week. on January 810. 1995. to commemorate the anniversary of this legislation. The Boeing Corp. and Manro Haydan Trading of London are founding corporate sponsors. The conference will pay special tribute to Senator Henry M. "Scoop" Jackson. recognizing his lifelong work on human rights and his successful efforts to secure the right of emigration throughout the Eastern bloc. Human rights veterans such as Natan Sharansky and Elena Bonner. widow of Nobel Laureate Andred Sakharov. will join Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin and Likud Chairman Benjamin Netanyahu. and other major political figures at this International event. Sessions at the conference will address the historical and contemporary significance of the amendment and assess the current status of Russian Jews in the former Soviet Union.
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