Flashback: Exclusive Interview with Esther Pollard - November 2006

In November 2006, Radio Chavura co-host Dean Rotbart conducted a broadcast interview with Esther Pollard , wife of Jonathan Pollard , the former American naval intelligence analyst who pled guilty to passing classied secrets to Israel and has been in prison since 1985. Joining Dean was Dr. Donald Salem , a respected Los Angeles dentist and an expert on the Pollard case and Israel advocacy. While Pollard's action were illegal, the program highlights the inequity of his extended jail sentence and the duplicity of American politicians and citizens who argue for Pollard's continued incarceration. Mrs. Pollard was interviewed for Israel This Week , a precusor to Radio Chavura. The program was broadcast live in 2006 on Sunday nights in Los Angeles on 870 KRLA AM , a leading news/talk station. Although Radio Chavura co-host Maxwell Rotbart was not featured on air, he was a behind-the-scenes producer for the program. Sim Shalom , the opening and closing song on Israel This Week , was peformed by Talya Rotbart . For more information on Jonathan Pollard and the facts of his case, visit:

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Flashback: Exclusive Interview with Esther Pollard - November 2006 is an episode from Radio Chavura by Maxwell Rotbart.

This episode is 51:52 long.

This episode was published on Apr 6, 2014.

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