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o protect his family,
Alexander Benefand
told Soviet officials he
was going to the United
States to visit friends.
Actually, Benefand, exec-
utive director of the Jewish
Research Center in Moscow,
left the Soviet Union to warn
Americans about the rise of
Soviet anti-Semitism.
"Along with perestroika
and glasnost, along with the
positive developments in the
Soviet Union has come some
negative developments like
the increase of anti-
Semitism," Benefand told
the Jewish Community
Council Soviet Jewry Com-
mittee March 13. "Soviet
Jews are afraid for the safety
of their close ones."
Many Soviets are blaming
Jews for that nation's polit-
ical, economic and social
changes, Benefand said
through a translator.
Some Soviets have started
anti-Semitic political organ-
izations. And when the
United Jewish Congress re-
cently met in Moscow, mem-
bers were greeted by pro-
testers shouting "Go home
Zionists."
Benefand told an audience
of 30, including Soviet Jew-
ish immigrants, that condi-
tions in his country are ex-
pected to get worse. A recent
poll of Soviet Jewish leaders
found that they believed the
chance of a pogrom was 90
percent in Leningrad, 80
percent in Moscow, and 60
percent in the Ukraine, he
said.
To protect Soviet Jews
from a pogrom, "some people
suggest resettling to Israel,
other people suggest going to
America and others want to
know how to make condi-
tions in the Soviet Union
better so Jews can stay,"
Benefand said.
But even if the Soviet
government allowed direct
flights to Israel, it would not
be possible to move all the
Jews who want to leave, he
said. "Resettling Jews from
the Soviet Union will take a
whole span of a generation."
Some Soviet Jews don't
want to leave — even if con-
ditions get worse. Organized
resistance to a pogrom would
be difficult because Jews are
scattered around the Soviet
Union, Benefand said.
"I feel it's most urgent now
to save the Jews that decide
to stay in the Soviet Union,"
said Benefand. ❑