Posts Tagged: Alan Gross Jewish
For Alan Gross, Cuban Prison Didn’t Harden His Heart or Weaken His Ambition
JNS.org - Alan Gross used to be nothing more to me than a tragic headline. When I started my position at this news service in July 2011,...
A Year Later, Another Victory for High-Profile Jewish Prisoners
JNS.org - On Dec. 16, 2013, Jewish businessman Jacob Ostreicher returned to U.S. soil after more than two years of incarceration in Bolivia. That development prompted me...
Obama Announces Renewal of Diplomacy With Cuba After Alan Gross Release (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Following Wednesday's release of Jewish-American aid worker Alan Gross from a Cuban prison, President Barack Obama announced his intent to normalize relations between the...
Alan Gross Marks Fifth Year in Cuban Jail
JNS.org - Jewish-American prisoner Alan Gross marked his fifth year in a Cuban jail where his health has deteriorated drastically according to his family. Gross,...
U.S. Senators Meet With Alan Gross in Cuban Prison
JNS.org - U.S. Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) met with Alan Gross, the Jewish-American government subcontractor serving a 15-year prison sentence...
Alan Gross’ Mother Dies as He Remains in Cuban Prison
JNS.org - The mother of Alan Gross, who has been imprisoned in Cuba since December 2009 after he was sentenced to a 15-year term...
Members of Congress Visit Jewish-American Prisoner Alan Gross Jailed in Cuba
JNS.org - U.S. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, Sam Farr and Barbara Lee of California, and Gregory Meeks of New York on Monday met with...
Jewish-American Prisoner Alan Gross Spends Birthday in Cuban Jail
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...
Alan Gross Says Next Birthday Will be His Last in Cuban Prison Cell
CNN - When Alan Gross reaches his 65th birthday next month, he will tell himself that it will be the last one he spends in...
A Prayer for Alan Gross on Passover 2014
I never met Alan Gross. But on Monday night, when I gather with 700 other American Jews in Phoenix to celebrate the Passover Seder, his...
John Kerry Enlists the Vatican to Help Free American-Jewish Prisoner Alan Gross
JNS.org - U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry has asked the Vatican to help secure the release of Jewish-American prisoner Alan Gross, who has...
Doctor Says Imprisoned Jewish Contractor Gross Could Have Cancer
A doctor who reviewed medical records for Alan Gross—a Jewish-American contractor imprisoned in Cuba for nearly three years for trying to bring that country's Jewish...
Cuba Offers to Negotiate Release of American Alan Gross, Denies Poor Health
Cuba's Foreign Ministry says the country is willing to negotiate the release of Alan Gross, the Jewish-American contract worker who was arrested in 2009 on...
NY Rabbi Meets Cuban Diplomats to Urge Release of Alan Gross
Rabbi Dr. Elie Abadi met with top Cuban diplomats in New York and Washington, DC, from May 14-15 in an effort to foster...
