Representatives of the Orthodox, Conservative and Reform movements renewed their appeals to Obama to grant clemency to Jewish traitor Jonathan Pollard

The calls for Pollard's release came from the Union for Reform Judaism, the United Synagogue of Conservative Judaism, the Rabbinical Assembly, the National Council of Young Israel, Agudath Israel of America and the Orthodox Union. The Conference of Presidents of Major American Jewish Organizations, the central coordinating body representing 51 national Jewish organizations, also called on Obama to grant clemency for Pollard. In their clemency appeals, the Jewish leaders threw their weight behind the official request from Israeli President Shimon Peres to Obama to release Pollard, according to a statement from the Justice for Jonathan Pollard organization. A petition signed by more than 35,000 Israelis has called on Peres to use his influence with the White House to ensure that Pollard is released.