Posts Tagged: Alan Gross Cuba
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,...
Alan Gross: Thinking of Holocaust-Survivor Relatives Helped Me Get Through Time in Cuban Prison
Alan Gross, the American Jewish government contractor who spent five years in Cuban prison, said thinking of his family members who survived the Holocaust was...
Alan Gross Negligence Lawsuit Appeal Rejected by Supreme Court
JNS.org - The US Supreme Court has declined to hear an appeal filed by Alan Gross, the Jewish American government contractor who was imprisoned...
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,...
A Year Later, Another Victory for High-Profile Jewish Prisoners
JNS.org - On Dec. 16, 2013, Jewish businessman Jacob Ostreicher returned to U.S. soil after more than two years of incarceration in Bolivia. That development prompted me...
Obama Announces Renewal of Diplomacy With Cuba After Alan Gross Release (VIDEO)
JNS.org - Following Wednesday's release of Jewish-American aid worker Alan Gross from a Cuban prison, President Barack Obama announced his intent to normalize relations between the...
Alan Gross Marks Fifth Year in Cuban Jail
JNS.org - Jewish-American prisoner Alan Gross marked his fifth year in a Cuban jail where his health has deteriorated drastically according to his family. Gross,...
U.S. Senators Meet With Alan Gross in Cuban Prison
JNS.org - U.S. Senators Jeff Flake (R-Ariz.) and Tom Udall (D-N.M.) met with Alan Gross, the Jewish-American government subcontractor serving a 15-year prison sentence...
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...
Members of Congress Visit Jewish-American Prisoner Alan Gross Jailed in Cuba
JNS.org - U.S. Reps. Emanuel Cleaver of Missouri, Sam Farr and Barbara Lee of California, and Gregory Meeks of New York on Monday met with...
Alan Gross Says Next Birthday Will be His Last in Cuban Prison Cell
CNN - When Alan Gross reaches his 65th birthday next month, he will tell himself that it will be the last one he spends in...
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...
American-Jewish Prisoner Alan Gross Ends Hunger Strike in Cuba
JNS.org - American-Jewish prisoner Alan Gross, who has been held in Cuba since late 2009, said he is ending a hunger strike that he had...
