1.0Jewish Telegraphic Agencyhttps://www.jta.orgadminhttps://www.jta.org/author/adminrich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="QswLHDK6K9"><a href="https://www.jta.org/archive/ussr-using-helsinki-accords-as-excuse-to-withhold-emigration-visas">USSR Using Helsinki Accords As Excuse to Withhold Emigration Visas</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.jta.org/archive/ussr-using-helsinki-accords-as-excuse-to-withhold-emigration-visas/embed#?secret=QswLHDK6K9" width="600" height="338" title="“USSR Using Helsinki Accords As Excuse to Withhold Emigration Visas” — Jewish Telegraphic Agency" data-secret="QswLHDK6K9" 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> The Soviet government in recent months has refused visas to emigrate to Israel on the grounds that applicants would be leaving close relatives (i.e. parents) in the USSR. The National Conference on Soviet Jewry (NCSJ) has learned that applicants from Moscow, Vilnius, Leningrad, Kishinev and other cities have been refused visas because the e Helsinki […]https://www.jta.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/jta-long-logo-bw.jpg600315