1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="arccJAgzbW"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/hias-will-help-soviet-jews-emigrate-to-wherever-they-choose-to-go">Hias Will Help Soviet Jews Emigrate to Wherever They Choose to Go</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/hias-will-help-soviet-jews-emigrate-to-wherever-they-choose-to-go/embed#?secret=arccJAgzbW" width="600" height="338" title="“Hias Will Help Soviet Jews Emigrate to Wherever They Choose to Go” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="arccJAgzbW" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script type="text/javascript"> /* <![CDATA[ */ /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); /* ]]> */ </script> Carl Glick, president of HIAS, issued what he termed the “first official and public statement” on the issue of Soviet Jews who opt to go to countries other than Israel when they reach Vienna. Addressing more than 1000 guests at the 93rd annual meeting of HIAS Sunday, he said: “With the danger to Jews in […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315