The number of Jewish emigrants from the Soviet Union reached an unprecedented low for many years in August: 750, of whom only 250 proceeded on to Israel. The drastic decline in Soviet Jewish emigration is to top the agenda at a session of the Brussels conference on Soviet Jewry next month. There is concern both in Israel and abroad at the decline, which is attributed by most observers to the heightened tension between the super-powers.
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