Posts Tagged: Alan Gross
Alan Gross: I’m Grateful for ‘Kehila Insurance’
Now that I’ve had some time to reflect on my years of captivity in Cuba, I’m starting to feel settled into my new life in freedom...
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,...
Report: Afghan Prisoner Swap Affected Obama’s Handling of Alan Gross Case
New York Times - Of all the tense moments in the year and a half of secret negotiations to free Alan P. Gross from Cuba,...
Little Left of Cuban Jewry’s Rich Past
JNS.org - The new U.S. policy of rapprochement with Cuba, which was accompanied by the celebrated release of imprisoned Jewish aid worker Alan Gross,...
Israel Exploring Ties With Cuba After U.S. Rapprochement
JNS.org - Israel is exploring the future of its relationship with Cuba following the recent American announcement of restored diplomatic ties with the Caribbean...
Free at Last: Jewish Leader Welcomes Release of Jewish Contractor Alan Gross in Cuban-American Prisoner Exchange
American -Jewish aid worker Alan Gross has been released from Cuban prison after serving a five year sentence. Gross was freed in exchange for the...
Fears Jewish Contractor Held in Cuba May Commit Suicide After Mother’s Death
Judy Gross, wife of Alan Gross, the Jewish U.S. government subcontractor in the fifth year of a 15-year prison sentence in Cuba, was in Havana...
U.S. Says it Won’t Swap Cuban Prisoners for Alan Gross
Times of Israel - Last month, Alan Gross celebrated his 65th birthday in a Cuban jail cell. The American aid worker, who is Jewish, has already...
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...
Does Ostreicher’s Freedom Shed Light on the Cases of Other Jewish Prisoners?
JNS.org -While an air of mystery surrounds the details of Jewish businessman Jacob Ostreicher's return to U.S. soil after being held for more...
Lawyer: ‘Virtually No Serious’ U.S. Engagement With Cuba Since Alan Gross Imprisonment
JNS.org - The lead attorney for Alan Gross said the recent freedom attained by Jacob Ostreicher, who was held for more than two years...
Alan Gross, Jewish Contractor Held by Cuba, Asks Obama for Help
JNS.org - Alan Gross, who is serving a 15-year prison term in Cuba for helping the Cuban Jewish community access the Internet while he was...
Alan Gross Lawsuit Against U.S. Government Dismissed
JNS.org - A lawsuit filed against the U.S. government in 2012 by Jewish-American contractor Alan Gross, who has been imprisoned in Cuba since 2009,...
