Kiev activist, Alexander Ger has reported that 80 Kiev Jews, including his wife and children, have been given permission in the past few days to emigrate, the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry reported today. Young and middle-aged Jews are being asked to pay the education tax, Ger said, while those on pensions or close to pension age are not, Ger’s wife was asked to pay 4000 rubles ($4500). The Conference spokesman said Ger attributed the relatively small sum to credit she received for years of work. Ger was refused permission to emigrate.
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