1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="cvHzWAhMD1"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/lawmakers-urge-refugee-status-be-given-to-all-soviet-jews">Lawmakers Urge Refugee Status Be Given to All Soviet Jews</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/lawmakers-urge-refugee-status-be-given-to-all-soviet-jews/embed#?secret=cvHzWAhMD1" width="600" height="338" title="“Lawmakers Urge Refugee Status Be Given to All Soviet Jews” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="cvHzWAhMD1" 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> A congressional effort is under way to persuade the Reagan administration to return to its former policy of classifying as refugees all Jews who leave the Soviet Union and want to come to the United States. Since September, nearly 200 Soviet Jewish emigrants have been denied refugee status on the grounds that they could not […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315