WASHINGTON -- Alan Gross' family is appealing to Pope Benedict XVI to plea for Alan Gross' release when he visits Cuba. "We believe this is a special opportunity," Peter Kahn, Gross' American lawyer told JTA this week. "Given the significance of the Pope’s...
WASHINGTON -- The Jewish Federations of North America is urging Pope Benedict XVI to seek the release of Alan Gross during the pope’s upcoming visit to Cuba. The group is circulating a nationwide online petition calling for the pope to seek Gross'...
BY JUDY KAPLAN, Special to the Light
• Published May 11, 2011
Once glimmering like a glamorous Hollywood star, Havana today is wrinkled and worn, long past what a face lift could repair.Formerly a luminary in the Caribbean, the bright light of Cuba's capital city has gone out. What's left is the veiled vision of...
