Isaiah and Gregory Goldstein, two brothers from Tbilisi, are going to Moscow March 24 to participate in a seder and demonstration protesting the denial of emigration visas to Soviet Jews and in support of the “prisoners of Zion,” the Councils on Soviet Jews reported today.
Mrs. Inez Weinstein, president of the Councils, said the two brothers have called on Jews everywhere to support the demonstration. She said the Goldstein brothers also are asking for answers as to why they have been denied visas. They also have protested to the KGB and others over why letters to them and other Soviet Jews have been held up.
Three Moscow Jews, Zelik Gafanovich, Michael Polotsky and Yakov Vienovitsky have been given permission to leave, Mrs. Weinstein said. But she added that Valery and Nakida Bulko of Riga, who were given visas are now in some type of trouble.
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