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Download full textCenter for Applied Linguistics, Washington, DC. Language and Orientation Resource Center. – 1981
The uneven but continuing emigration of Soviet Jews since 1972 has been brought about by government policies that are all but openly anti-Semitic. More than 80,000 of these refugees have settled in the United States, many in New York City. They come from a population that is highly urbanized and well educated. Most speak Russian but identify…
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