° Yalnleit-A Caffettl• . spends a good deal of time writing to others. I was astonished at how well in- formed he is." Mr. Pollard is studying about desalination and alternative energy, a field he would like to pursue were he allowed to emigrate to Israel, Mr. Rosenzweig said. Informed of the visit in ad- vance, Mr. Pollard came to the meeting with a prepared agenda. "It was a normal conversation in very weird circumstances," Mr. Rosenzweig said. "He was, in an odd sense, relatively relaxed. You don't have the impression of a guy beaten down in any sense. He's not wallowing in self-pity. "He regards the facility as being run as a punishment regime," Mr. Rosenzweig said. A sewer line runs out- side Mr. Pollard's cell. Occa- sionally the effluent backs up into the cell. In addition, "It's abysmally hot and humid in the summer. Cuts don't heal. But he said there's air conditioning two floors above." Waiting at the airport to return to Atlanta, Mr. Rosenzweig found himself thinking of similarities bet- ween Mr. Pollard and Natan Sharansky, the refusenik who emerged from a Soviet prison seemingly unbent. Considered a larger-than-life figure, Mr. Sharansky turn- ed out to be an average man in many ways. "After I met Jay, I thought, this guy is smarter than most people I know, more committed than most people I know, but he's not so different from most people I know. "On some level, he has no reason to think that he'll ever get out. But he acts as if he will. He has plans. He has dreams." D Family-To-Family Orientation May 16 An orientation session for Family-to-Family will take place 7:30 p.m. May 16 at the United Hebrew Schools library. Co-sponsored by the Na- tional Council of Jewish Women and the Jewish Welfare Federation's Women's Division, Family-to-Family has matched more than 250 families in the Detroit area with Soviet Jewish newcomers. At least one member of the family needs to attend the orientation session before a match can be made. For information about Family-to-Family, call NCJW, 258-6000. 1121t THE REFORM JEWISH DAY SCHOOL OPEN HOUSE Tuesday, May 14th 7:30 p.m. 6600 W. Maple • West Bloomfield Early Childhood Specialist for Oakland County Intermediate School District Science . Donna Brennan Mathematics . Ailene Steinborn Hebrew For further information call 661-2220 PLAN ON THE BEST IN LANDSCAPING FOR A PRICE YOU WILL LOVE LEVE' Lainmcamic,inc Residential and Commercial Landscape Design and Construction Commercial Lawn Maintenance All Lew's projects are GUARANTEED! Phone 669-3720 Fully Insured 669-3720 Novi THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS 23