"There will be more Jewish brothers and sisters coming to Cuba to interact with their peers on the island, resulting in increasing help coming from the Jewish Federations."
Freed Jewish American prisoner in Cuba addresses media hours after return to United States.
Cuba arrested Gross in 2009, and later convicted the USAID subcontractor to 15 years in prison for importing banned technology, trying to establish clandestine internet service for Cuban Jews.
Agenda includes meeting with jailed Jewish US contractor and possibly with Castro; lawmakers seek way forward in stalled ties.
Family of Alan Gross, sentenced to 15 years in prison in Cuba for "crimes against the state," seeking tens of millions in damages.
Citing possibility that jailed American-Jew has cancer, rabbis request early release for Gross, serving a 15-year sentence.
Wife of Jewish-American contractor jailed in Cuba for crimes against the state hopes Obama will release him in second term.
Lawyer claims that Alan Gross, incarcerated in Cuba, potentially suffering from "life-threatening" untreated cancer.
Jewish-American has been jailed since 2009 and is serving a 15-year sentence for setting up Internet networks in Cuba.
Lawyer for Gross says his health is deteriorating, Cuba says he is eating healthy meals, exercising.