It has been 419 days—nearly 15 months—since Jacob Ostreicher was arrested and
jailed in Bolivia. Our many efforts to help Jacob have resulted in letters to
Bolivian officials, the U.S. State Department and the White House from numerous
elected officials. There has been a Congressional Sub-Committee Hearing on the
violation of Jacob’s human rights. But despite this, our brother Jacob
Ostreicher seems no closer to coming home.
But we have not given up hope. And neither can you.
My office and I continue to meet regularly with Jacob’s
family and to recruit new allies in the fight to save Jacob. We continue to
pressure Bolivia and U.S. elected officials to treat this matter with the
urgency that it deserves.
You can do the same.
As Tisha B’Av approaches, I urge everyone to not only daven for
Jacob (Yaakov Yuda ben Shaindel) but also to call the offices of Senator
Charles Schumer (phone 212-486-4430) and Senator Kirsten Gillibrand
(212-688-6262) and express your growing alarm for Jacob Ostreicher, an innocent
U.S. citizen who sits in prison praying for salvation and who needs the
assistance of his elected officials. Demand that your elected
representatives adopt Jacob’s cause and bring his plight to the White House and
State Department.
In the merit of our efforts may we hear and share only good
news.
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