The Jewish community of Great Britain was urged here last night to mobilize its forces and make “a united approach” to Soviet Premier Kosygin, when the latter visits here soon, on the question of the denial of religious and cultural rights to Jews in the USSR. The proposal was made at a meeting of the executive council of the Anglo-Jewish Association by Maurice Edelman, president of the association. He is a Labor member of Parliament.
“The subject of Soviet Jewry,” said Mr. Edelman, “continues to cause deep distress. It had been hoped that the new leadership in the Kremlin would bring a more enlightened and humane attitude toward the Russian Jewish minority, but the contrary appears to be the case. Since the removal of Mr. Khrushchev, there has been a renewed anti-Israel propaganda drive in the Soviet press. The new rulers have shown no inclination to put an end to the racial and religious discrimination against the Jewish community.”
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