At least seven of a group of 23 Jewish women were arrested today when they demonstrated in front of the Lenin Library near the Supreme Soviet in Moscow demanding reunification with their families in Israel, the Student Struggle for Soviet Jewry and the Union of Councils for Soviet Jews reported they learned from sources in the USSR.
The women, who staged their demonstration to coincide with International Women’s Day, were arrested after they removed their coats and displayed slogans on their blouses stating “Let us go to Israel” and Stars of David. The women were surrounded by more than 100 police agents and those displaying the slogans were arrested. There was no immediate information as to what happened to them after the arrests.
According to the two Soviet Jewry groups, the 23 women issued an appeal to Mrs. Rosalynne Carter, Queen Elizabeth and other leading personalities which stated: “We have been fated to continue our life of uncertainty for away from our relatives, denied the possibility to bring up our children in the Jewish tradition and to get jobs on the basis of our qualifications.”
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