The Mudcat Café TM
Thread #71872   Message #1234867
Posted By: Rabbi-Sol
27-Jul-04 - 01:05 PM
Thread Name: BS: Justice For Jonathan Pollard
Subject: RE: BS: Justice For Jonathan Pollard
Also, if memory serves me correctly, Pollard's guilty plea was supposed to provide leniency for his then wife Anne. Instead, they threw the book at her also. I believe that she served 7 years of a 15 year sentence and was let out early because she was in poor health & suffered from ulcerative colitis. Jonathan gave Anne a Get (Jewish Divorce), when it became apparent that he would have to spend the rest of his life in prison. This way she would be free to marry someone else and raise a family. Pollards present wife, Esther,is a woman who became interested in his plight and married him while he was in prison. Rabbi Avi Weiss of Riverdale, Bronx, NY, a well known Jewish activist performed the ceremony in prison. Of course, the marriage has yet to be consummated and may never be as long as Pollard remains incarcerated. I have brought up this point just to present the human side of the issue. SOL ZELLER