Our dear friend Esther Pollard, the woman of steel, has left us.
Esther was an exemplary personality, who persisted to the end in achieving her goals.
Nothing could divert her even one millimeter from the path of freeing Jonathan from prison for the “sin” of loving the Land of Israel.
Despite the physical distance between them, Esther and Jonathan were one body and soul, joined by their great love for, and devotion to, the Land of Israel, without fear and without apprehension.
Esther knocked on the doors of world leaders, never resting for a moment.
When she was not traveling, she was organizing moving prayer vigils throughout the Land.
With her devotion, Esther succeeded in gaining a free and happy Jonathan here in the land of his forefathers, on whose behalf he sacrificed for more than thirty years.
They were together in this mission that united them, a mission that will remain in the nation’s memory forever.
May her memory be inscribed forever in the annals of the Jewish people.
Last summer we had the privilege of hosting Esther and Jonathan Pollard in Oz veGaon for the annual Sovereignty Youth conference. Jonathan and Esther were greeted with a royal reception by hundreds of youth. Watch the very moving moments
The funeral of Esther Pollard z”l will take place today at 4:00 pm in Har Hamenuhot, bet hesped kehillat Yerushalayim.
All of Am Yisrael are invited to accompany Esther on her final journey and to embrace Jonathan.