Gov. Hugh Carey issued today proclamation declaring March 10 as “Remembrance of Syrian Jews Day” in New York State and urged New Yorkers “to join with the Jewish Community Relations Council of New York and its member agencies in speaking out on behalf of the Jews of Syria, in the hope that they will be granted their full human and civil rights, including free emigration.”
In his proclamation, the Governor noted that the 4500 members of the Syrian Jewish community are deprived of their human rights, are not allowed to emigrate from Syria and that their freedom is restricted. Carey said:
“Syrian Jews have been arbitrarily imprisoned and tortured for desiring to leave to be reunited with their families. Twenty-five thousand American Jewish citizens of Syrian origin have requested that their relatives be permitted to be reunified with their families.”
Continuing, the Governor’s proclamation declared: “It is incumbent upon all those who value and love freedom to recognize the plight of those oppressed Jews of Syria who are subjected to persecution, harassment and discrimination and denied their basic human rights.”
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