The Rabbis' Petition to President Bush

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November 11, 2008 / 13 Cheshvan 5769

Dear President Bush,

As a G-d fearing people, we feel a humane and ethical duty to write you concerning a deeply heartfelt matter.Mr. Jonathan Pollard is currently serving his 23rd year in prison. He is ill and his condition is serious.We respectfully request that you act mercifully towards him.Please grant him clemency as a humanitarian gesture to the Jewish People and the State of Israel.

With G-d's blessing, Mr. Pollard's release will bring only good to the United States and the American People.

Respectfully,

Chief Rabbis of the Holy Land

Rabbi Mordechai Eliyahu - former Chief Rabbi of Israel
Rabbi Moshe Amar - Sephardi Chief Rabbi of Israel
Rabbi Yonah Metzger - Ashkenasi Chief Rabbi of Israel

Members of the Chief Rabbinic Council of Israel

Rabbi Shar Yasuv HaCohen - Haifa
Rabbi Shlomo Shlosh - Haifa
Rabbi Yehudah Deri - Beer Sheva
Rabbi Yoseph Glicksberg - Givatayim
Rabbi Dr. Ratzon Arusi - Kiryat Ono
Rabbi Simcha Hachohen Kook - Rehovot
Rabbi Avraham Yoseph - Holon
Rabbi Azaria Basis - Rosh HaAyin
Rabbi Yitzhak Peretz (former Minister of the Interior) - Ra'anana
Rabbi Yitzhak Ralbag - Jerusalem
Rabbi Yitzhak David Grossman - Migdal HaEmek
Rabbi Ya'akov Shapiro - Dean of Yeshiva MerkazHaRav
Rabbi Shimon Elitov - Benjamin Regional Council
Rabbi Moshe Rauchberger - Chairman, National Board of Neighborhood Rabbis

Chaplains of Zaka - Search and Rescue

Rabbi Avigdor Neventzal - President
Rabbi Ya'akov Rozha - Chairman

Chief Rabbis of the Old Cities of the Holy Land

Rabbi Dov Lior - Holy City Hebron
Rabbi Eliyahu Medina - Holy City Jerusalem
Rabbi Abraham Dov Auerbach - Holy City Tiberias
Rabbi Shmuel Eliyahu - Holy City Tsfat

Chief Municipal Rabbis of the Cities of the Holy Land

Rabbi Shimon Almaliah - Atlit
Chairman, National Board of Municipal Rabbis

Rabbi Yaakov Meir Rosenzweig - Even Yehudah
Rabbi Aaron Badihi - Even Yehudah
Rabbi Amram Ohayon - Ophakim
Rabbi Avraham Rosenthal - Azor
Rabbi Avraham Cohen - Azor
Rabbi Moshe Hadaya - Eilat
Rabbi Joseph Hecht - Eilat
Rabbi Hayim Adani - Elyachin
Rabbi Yehudah Stern - Elkana
Rabbi Mordechai Malka - El'ad
Rabbi Shlomo Zalman Grossman - El'ad
Rabbi Shlomo Riskin - Efrat
Rabbi Shlomo Nagar - Ariel
Rabbi Yoseph Sheinen - Ashdod
Rabbi Yoseph Hayim Bloi - Ashkelon
Rabbi Yoseph Sharvit - Ashkelon
Rabbi Avraham Yaakovson - Beer Yaakov
Rabbi Yoseph Yitzhak Lasri - Beit Shean
Rabbi Shimon Biton - Beit Shemesh
Rabbi David Tzvi Ordentlikh - Beitar Ilit
Rabbi Moshe Yehudah Leib Landau - Bnei Brak
Rabbi Shlomo Amram Korah - Bnei Brak
Rabbi Shalom Tzadok - Bnei Ayish
Rabbi Yoseph Bar-Shalom - Bat Yam
Rabbi Shaul Yoseph Weingarten - Bat Yam
Rabbi Pinhas Edri - Givatayim
Rabbi Yoseph Toledano - Giv'at Ze'ev
Rabbi David Arye Halamish - Giv'at Ada-Binyamina
Rabbi Eliezer Elbaz - Giv'at Shmuel
Rabbi Yaakov Yoseph Singer - Giv'at Shmuel
Rabbi Tzion Tzuberi - Gedera
Rabbi Meshumar Tzuberi - Gan Yavne
Rabbi Yehiel Barzilai - Ganei Tikva
Rabbi Yitzhak Eliphant - Dimona
Rabbi Shalom Dayan - Dimona
Rabbi Yitzhak Yaakobowitz - Herzlia
Rabbi Mordechai Avramovsky - Zikhron Yaakov
Rabbi Shimon Biton - Hadera
Rabbi David Werner - Hadera
Rabbi Yohanan Gur-Arye - Holon
Rabbi Mordechai Di'ei - Hatzor HaGlilit
Rabbi David Peretz - Tiberias
Rabbi Barukh Toledano - Tirat HaCarmel
Rabbi Meir Frankel - Yavne'el
Rabbi David AbuHatzeira - Yavne
Rabbi Shlomo Tovim - Yehud
Rabbi Yonah Turchin - Yehud
Rabbi Yaakov Reitzes - Yesod HaMa'ala
Rabbi Michael Vaknin - Yokne'am
Rabbi David Malul - Yeruham
Rabbi Shmuel Shapiro - Kokhav Yair-Tzur Yigal
Rabbi Uzi Schwietze - Kfar Yonah
Rabbi Avraham Shlosh - Kfar Sava
Rabbi Eliyahu Malka - Karmiel
Rabbi Avraham Tzvi Margalith - Carmiel
Rabbi Nathan Ortner - Lydda
Rabbi Hayim Hadad - Lydda
Rabbi Yigal Mamillia - Migdal
Rabbi Avraham Menahem - Migdal Ha'Emek
Rabbi David Lao - Modi'in
Rabbi Eliyahu Elharar - Modi'in
Rabbi Ephraim Zalmanowitz - Mazkeret Batya
Rabbi Barukh Pachter - Matula
Rabbi Moshe Biegel - Meitar
Rabbi Yaakov Tzakutai - Macabim-Re'ut
Rabbi David Vaknin - Menahemya
Rabbi Yehoshua Katz - Ma'ale Adumim
Rabbi Mordechai Nagari - Ma'ale Adumim
Rabbi Menahem Glitzenstein - Ma'ale Ephraim
Rabbi Yitzhak Vaknin - Ma'alot
Rabbi Daniel Bar-Moha - Mitzpe Rimon
Rabbi Meir Kesler - Modi'in Illit
Rabbi Yeshayahu Meitles - Naharia
Rabbi Yoel Swissa - Neve Monoson
Rabbi Shaul Ahrak - Nes Ziona
Rabbi Avraham Tzuriel - Nes Ziona
Rabbi Yehayahu Herzl - Upper Nazareth
Rabbi Tuvia Baharir - Nesher
Rabbi Phineas Cohen - Netivot
Rabbi David Brodman - Savion
Rabbi Yoseph Yashar - Acre
Rabbi Shmuel David - Aphula
Rabbi Yoseph Elbo - Arad
Rabbi Ben-Zion Lipsker - Arad
Rabbi David Tzedaka - Pardes Hana
Rabbi Menashe Tyrie - Pardessia
Rabbi Tzvi Farberstein - Kedumim
Rabbi Moshe Mordechai Tuvias - Kadima
Rabbi Zoseph Shimon Levi - Katzrin
Rabbi Shlomo Tzadok - Tel Mond
Rabbi Aminadav Krispin - Kiryat Bialik
Rabbi Shlomo Ben-Hamo - Kiryat Gat
Rabbi Moshe Havelin - Kiryat Gat
Rabbi Yehuda Silverstein - Kiryat Tivon
Rabbi Amram Bethel - Kiryat Tivon
Rabbi Yoseph Avraki - Kiryat Yam
Rabbi Arye Shulman - Kiryat Y'arim
Rabbi Yoseph Ohana - Kiryat Motzkin
Rabbi David Meir Druckman - Kiryat Motzkin
Rabbi Ovadya Ya'avetz - Kiryat Ekron
Rabbi Tzephania Drori - Kiryat Shmona
Rabbi Shalom Levi - Kiryat Shmona
Rabbi Yizhak HaLevi - Karnei Shomron
Rabbi Avraham Davidowitz -Rosh Pina
Rabbi Hayim Pinto - Kiryat Malachi
Rabbi Yehuda David Wolpe - Rishon LeZion
Rabbi Yoseph Azran (former Member of Knesset) - Rishon LeZion
Rabbi Moshe Tanami - Rechasim
Rabbi Yehiel AbuHatzeira - Ramle
Rabbi Yaakov Ariel - Ramat Gan
Rabbi Yoseph Yitzhak Volosov - Ramat Yishai
Rabbi David Bar-Hen - Sderot
Rabbi David Stav - Shoham
Rabbi Moshe Elharar - Shlomi

Chief Rabbis of Regional Councils of the Holy Land

Rabbi Asher Zemel - Lev HaSharon
Chairman, National Board of Regional Council Rabbis

Rabbi Mordechai Weizman - Alona
Rabbi Israel David Feigenblatt - Eph'al
Rabbi Yitzhak Avitan - Be'er Tuvia
Rabbi Shalom Ben-Hamo - Be'er Tuvia
Rabbi Mordechai Malka - Be'er Tuvia
Rabbi Zekharia Karmi - Be'er Tuvia
Rabbi Aaron Rabinowitz - Be'er Tuvia
Rabbi Shlomo Rosenfeld - Beit Shean Valley
Rabbi Shlomo Azuelos - Beit Shean Valley
Rabbi Yehiel Gavra - Gderot
Rabbi Shlomo Ben-Ezra - Gezer
Rabbi Shlomo Naphtali - Gezer
Rabbi Menashe Matana - Gezer
Rabbi Asher Gabbai - Gilboa
Rabbi Yoseph Hayim Rosenblatt - Lower Galilee
Rabbi Tzuri Na'aman - Gan Rave
Rabbi Meir Knapho - Southern Sharon
Rabbi Yoseph Shlosh - Southern Sharon
Rabbi Yitzhak Yaakobowitz - Southern Sharon
Rabbi Shlomo Sabag - Southern Sharon
Rabbi Yaakov Mor-Yoseph - Zevulun
Rabbi Shalom Ma'atuf - Hevel Modi'in
Rabbi Meir Eliav - Hevel Modi'in
Rabbi David Greenwald - Hevel Modi'in
Rabbi Yaakov Avitan - Hof Ashkelon
Rabbi Gavriel Surani - Hof HaCarmel
Rabbi Shlomo Didi - Kinarot
Rabbi Michael Shlomo Stern - Menashe
Rabbi Phineas Kubani - Lev HaSharon
Rabbi Yaakov ElKabbetz - Lakhish
Rabbi Shimon Vaknin - Mevo'ot Hermon
Rabbi Israel Roshatzky - Mevo'ot Hermon
Rabbi Yoseph AlMashali- Merom HaGalil
Rabbi Eliyahu Biton - Merom HaGalil
Rabbi Hayim Bokovza - Merhavim
Rabbi Benyamin Hen - Merhavim
Rabbi Shlomo Ben-Eliyahu - Mateh Asher
Rabbi Eliezer Simha Weiss - KpharHaRoeh
Rabbi Eliyahu Amar - Emek Hepher
Rabbi Mordechai Zamir - Jezreel Valley
Rabbi Moshe Bloi - Arava Tikhona
Rabbi Meir Swissa - Ramat Negev
Rabbi Zion Cohen - Sha'ar HaNegev
Rabbi Shalom HaCohen - Shaphir
Rabbi Yonah Porat - Shaphir
Rabbi Moshe Gilad - Shaphir
Rabbi Yoseph Bloi - Tamar-Megillot
Rabbi Yoseph Harel - Yehuda Regional Council


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