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Signs and Torches raised high, more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that t(...)
Signs and Torches raised high, more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that t(...)

Signs and Torches raised high, more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that t(...)

Date10/9/1972
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  • Signs and Torches raised high, more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that t(...)
  • Signs and Torches raised high; more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that the Soviet Union permit Jews to emigrate. They called for an end to head taxes of $5;000 to $24;000 levied on university-educated citizens who want to leave the country. External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp read a telegram from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau saying he has made it possible for many to emigrate.
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Original Toronto Star caption: Signs and Torches raised high; more than 600 Jews rally in Nathan Phillips Square last night after a torchlight parade from Queen's Park urging that the Soviet Union permit Jews to emigrate. They called for an end to head taxes of $5;000 to $24;000 levied on university-educated citizens who want to leave the country. External Affairs Minister Mitchell Sharp read a telegram from Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau saying he has made it possible for many to emigrate.
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