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by JNS.org
Alan Gross with his wife, Judy, in Jerusalem. Photo: Gross family.
JNS.org – The U.S. State Department has once again called on the Cuban government to release Jewish-American prisoner Alan Gross, who celebrated his 65th birthday in a Cuban jail on Friday.
“Today is Alan Gross’s 65th birthday. Instead of celebrating it with his family where he belongs, Mr. Gross remains in a Cuban prison—where he has been held for more than four years,” State Department deputy spokesperson Marie Harf said.
“We remain deeply concerned about Mr. Gross’s well-being and again call on the Government of Cuba to release him and allow him to be reunited with his family,” Harf added.
Gross, a subcontractor for the United States Agency forInternational Development went to Cuba to help the Jewish community there access the Internet, is serving a 15-year prison term for what Cuba called “crimes against the state.”
