(Jerusalem Post) Gil Hoffman - The Orthodox, Conservative and Reform Jewish movements in the U.S. all renewed their calls over the weekend for President Obama to release Israeli agent Jonathan Pollard after 26 and a half years. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations also contacted Obama and renewed its clemency call for Pollard. In their appeals, the Jewish leaders threw their weight behind an official request from President Shimon Peres to Obama for Pollard's release. Peres is scheduled to receive the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Obama on June 13, and Obama has been urged to release Pollard before the medal ceremony.
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