The National Conference on Soviet Jewry has received word that Soviet Jewish mathematician Grigory Freiman, who had experienced constant harassment since his application for an emigration visa to Israel in 1977, arrived in Israel this month. Freiman arrived in the Jewish homeland with former Prisoner of Conscience Amner Zovurov, who also received a visa following a long and difficult struggle.
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