Chief Rabbi Metzger says kaddish for Pollard since agent has no minyan
By JONAH MANDEL - The Jerusalem Post - June 21 2011
http://www.jpost.com/Headlines/Article.aspx?id=225982

Chief Ashkenazi Rabbi Yona Metzger will be saying kaddish for Jonathan
Pollard's father, a religious duty the imprisoned agent cannot fulfill since
that prayer needs a quorum of Jewish men, the rabbi announced on Tuesday.

Morris Pollard died at 95 over the weekend, after Jonathan had been refused
the “compassionate leave” to visit him on his death bed. He was also not
allowed to attend the funeral on Monday.

“When I visited Pollard in prison, he asked me to say kaddish over his
mother on the anniversary of her death, since he didn't have the required
minyan,” Metzger said. “Unfortunately, the situation has not changed, and I
have therefore resolved to do this small deed for our brother Jonathan, and
for the soul of his father.”

Metzger noted that Jonathan's wife Esther Pollard called him on Tuesday
night to thank him for his initiative.

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