Most of those convicted of spying for enemies of the U.S. have received sentences that were equal to the time already served by Pollard. Marian Zacharski, a spy for Poland who received a life sentence, served only four years.
It was difficult to hold back the tears when I realized last week that Pollard would not be granted clemency. For a moment I thought all our work was for naught. I realized, however, that for more than 2,000 years, at the end of the Pesach seder and the end of Yom Kippur, Jews of all persuasions have been saying “L’shana haba’a b’Yerushalayim” – Next year in Jerusalem.
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Though we still wait, we do not give up. The campaign to free Jonathan Pollard will continue. Let us not lose our momentum and let us not lose our unity.
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