Forty-seven Moscow Jews have cabled the Central Committee of the Soviet Communist Party and the Soviet Interior Minister to protest what they termed police laxity toward “hooliganism” against Jews. The writers said five persons harassed a group of Jews on Oct. 30 as the latter waited outside the office on Kirov Street of the official handling exit visas for Israel. The harassers reportedly shouted: “Dirty Jews, we shall finish you off. We shall throw you under the train before you go.” The police arrested all five but released four of them and filed no charges against the fifth, despite eyewitness evidence by five Jews. It was also disclosed that Yuri Aronovitch, the Jewish conductor of the Moscow radio-television orchestra, was fired for applying for an exit visa to Israel.
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