Louis Pincus, chairman of the Jewish Agency Executive has urged continued pressure on the Soviet government to end restrictions on Jewish emigration to Israel. The number of Jewish academicians exempted from paying the education head tax is increasing but that does not necessarily indicate anything significant in terms of the long-range policies of the Soviet authorities, Pincus told a Jewish Agency meeting yesterday.
He said that even if the diploma tax is lifted, it would not signal an end to the problems of liberating Soviet Jews. “There is nothing that could justify a reduction in the fight to free the Jews from Russia.” Pincus added, noting that Jews in the U.S., Britain and other countries were continuing the struggle. Pincus reported that efforts were also underway to rescue Jews in Syria and Iraq.
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