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of (Jewish organizations) and
to rabbis here, asking for a
meeting" to discuss Mr.
Pollard's situation, committee
member Margot Gardner said.
We got very little response.
Several of the rabbidrtaid they
would - dng. But
noboalishowed up. That was
very disheartening."
This Rosh Hashanah, the
committee mailed letters to ev-
ery congregation in town, ask-
ing rabbis to place an empty
chair on the bimah for Mr.
Pollard. Aaron Swirski, who or-
said he
_ _um itabbi A. Irving
clinipper of Congregation
iieth Abraham Hillel Moses
ge 'lad participated. Some
Mr. Swirski they
t hAve room on the
Another said, "We only
for Soviet Jews."
The committee's Mrs. Racey
,aid the group feels strongly
abosat securing rabbinic support
pause "they are our Jewish
network. My God in heaven,
What does it take for Jews to
:get it through our heads that if
we don't have a network, we
do ,-i't have anything." She
added that she was "very, very
disappointed in the Michigan
rabbis."
In a statement just released
by the Council of Orthodox
Rabbis of Greater Detroit,
Rabbi Chaskel Grubner said
the Vaad "is very concerned
about the case of Jonathan
Pollard.
We do not question the fact
u._at a person guilty of espi-
onage, who has been tried un-
der the laws of our country,
should be punished.
"What worries us is the
inconsistency of his
—nishment in relation to oth-
ers who have been found guilty
of the same crime."
Mr. Pollard has been incar-
e.rated since 1987. The feder-
government said he gave to
e Israelis top-level U.S. in-
digence secrets and informa-
im on National Security
.-igency projects that could in-
tercept foreign communica-
tions.
Mr. Pollard has repeatedly
asserted he revealed the infor-
Mation, which included details
about Syrian and Iraqi intelli-
o- e,nce operations and warfare
_ ,roductions capabilities, only
Israeli lives.
'9
.)
Jewish organizations have
mixed record when it comes
:A) the Pollard case. Some, like
the World Jewish Congress, the
American Zionist Federation,
riadassah and B'nai B'rith
Tnternational, have called for
the commutation of his sen-
ence. Others, like the
American Jewish Committee
and the Anti-Defamation
League, have not taken a posi-
tion. El

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