Some 150,000 people are expected to take part in the 11th annual Solidarity Sunday for Soviet Jewry, it was announced by the Greater New York Conference on Soviet Jewry which sponsors the event.
Seymour Lachman, chairman of the Conference, stressed that Soviet Jews face a desperate situation. He noted that during the past year, the Soviet government has virtually halted Jewish emigration and has drastically increased harassment and imprisonment of teachers and activists.
Zeesy Schnur, director of the Conference, urged synagogues, organizations and individuals to begin mobilizing now for the May 2 march and rally. “Add your voice to those of 150,000 others in sending the strongest freedom message ever to Washington, the Kremlin and to the Soviet Jews themselves. We must not fail them now, ” she said.
Lachman announced that the chairmen for this year’s event will be Seymour Katz and Rabbi Haskel Look stein, both vice chairmen of the Conference. Lookstein is also rabbi of Congregation Kehillath Jeshurun and headmaster of the Ramaz School.
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