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IN THE

Aft

ichael Rosenzweig
received a gift from
Jonathan Jay
Pollard when he and two
other attorneys visited the
convicted spy in prison last
week — knitted kippot.
"He's not allowed to have
knitting needles," said Mr.
Rosenzweig, who is active in
support of Mr. Pollard's
release from prison. "So he
bought yarn in the com-
missary and knitted the
kippot with pencils."
Mr. Pollard, 36, an Ameri-
can Jew, was sentenced to
life imprisonment in 1987
for selling U.S. military
secrets to Israel. The kippot
were not the only surprises
Mr. Rosenzweig found dur-
ing his six-hour visit to the
maximum-security federal
penitentiary in Marion, Ill.,
where Mr. Pollard is held in
solitary confinement.
In an interview during
which he described his im-
pressions of Mr. Pollard, the
former Detroiter, now an
Atlanta attorney, said he
expected to meet a zealot
with fire in his eyes.
"I found, instead, a
thoughtful, very careful,
methodical individual," Mr.
Rosenzewig said. "He knows
what he did and why he did
it. What he did he did be-
cause he's a committed Jew
and regarded it as his duty.
He may have been misguid-
ed, but you can't doubt his
sincerity."
Mr. Rosenzweig said his
visit on May 2 marks the
first time "ordinary people"
have been allowed to visit
Mr. Pollard. Previous visits
were restricted to Mr.
Pollard's family and rabbi
and some big-name guests,
such as Knesset members
and Seymour Reich, former
chairman of the Conference
of Presidents of Major
American Jewish Organiza-
tions.
Mr. Pollard is held in the
prison's "K-Unit," which
Mr. Rosenzweig said is
known among prisoners as
"the place from which no one
returns. No one leaves ex-
cept in a casket." Held in the
unit are convicted
murderers and John Walker,
an American imprisoned for
passing secrets to the
Soviets.

David Holzel writes for the
Atlanta Jewish Times.

Jonathan Pollard:
Not so different from most people.

The group of attorneys met
Mr. Pollard in a small base-
ment room adjoining K-
Unit. "I saw him emerge,
handcuffed, from his cell
about 10 or 15 feet away,"
Mr. Rosenzweig said. Mr.
Pollard was led into the
meeting room and the door
was shut behind him. "To
have his handcuffs removed,
he had to stick his hands
through a slot in the door."
Mr. Pollard, bearded and
heavy-set, appeared healthy.
"I hugged him and he felt
solid," Mr. Rosenzweig said.
"He essentially has no
contact with people," Mr.
Rosenzweig said. "So he was
thrilled by the visit."
Mr. Pollard is allowed to
leave his cell one hour a day
to exercise, Mr. Rosenzweig
said. Mr. Pollard wears a
kippah and eats kosher food,
which consists of an unvary-
ing regime of TV dinners. He
displayed a keen sense of
humor and peppered his
conversation with literary
allusions and references to
the Torah and other Jewish
sources.
"It's obvious his Jew-
ishness is central. It's his
very being," Mr. Rosenzweig
said.
Jonathan Pollard is a man
living in desperate condi-
tions, but has retained his
sense of self, Mr. Rosenzweig
said.
The Atlanta attorney said
he was impressed most by
Mr. Pollard's intelligence.
"He's unbelievably smart.
It's a horrible waste to have
that intellect locked up
there."
He is allowed to read,
write and receive mail. The
letters he writes often don't
reach their destination. "He