Why Castro Should Free Alan Gross

By Atara Siegel March 19, 2013

Alan Gross, a 64 year old Jewish contractor for the U.S. government pro-democracy program, USAID, has been held in Cuba since 2009 when he was arrested for bringing satellite phones with capability of connecting to the Internet to Cuba’s Jewish community as part of his USAID responsibilities. Cuba accused and convicted him of “Acts against…

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The Reading List – Castro tells Ahmadinejad to shut up, the Talmud has something to say about television… and more

By David A.M. Wilensky September 8, 2010

J.J. Goldberg has assembled his favorite selection of (mostly Christian) music about repentance to help us all get in the mood for the season. [J.J. Goldberg] The other Goldberg, Jeffrey Goldberg of The Atlantic, was invited by Fidel Castro to come chat in Havana. It seems that Castro really liked Goldberg’s story about Iran a few…

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