After 17 years of service as
the first Jewish chaplain • of
Michigan State Prisons, Rabbi
Joshua S. Sperka has retired to
devote his time to the study of
criminology.
Rabbi Sperka's visits during
seasons of Jewish holidays, par-
ticularly his officiating at Pass-
over sedorim at the Jackson
State Prison had earned him
widespread recognition in re-
cent years.
Frequently, articles in the
Spectator, official newspaper at
the prison, had cited him for
his wonderful work in guiding

prisoners and aiding them in
many personal problems.
A resolution of appreciation
to the rabbi was introduced to
the 'Michigan
Senate by
Sen. Charles
H. Blondy on:
Tuesda
expressing its
"a p p r eciation
for his many
years of self-
less efforts in
behalf of his
Rabbi Sperka
fellow man."
His duties did not end at the

prison. The rabbi worked con-
stantly, after the release of
prisoners, to help them adjust
to life outside of prison and
often was able to find jobs for
the ex-convicts.
Rabbi Sperka will leave in
August for a European tour,
which will take him to England,
France, Belgium, Italy and
Switzerland. Here, he will de-
vote himself to a study of penal
institutions, as he will in Israel,
which he plans to visit during
the month of September.
On his return, Rabbi Sperka
plans to concentrate fully on a

survey, in which both Wayne
State and Yeshiva Universities
are interested, on evaluating re-
ligious programs in penal in-
stitutions as an historical factor
in rehabilitation.
With the assistance of the
psychology department at WSU,
Rabbi Sperka will have an atti-
tudinal questionnaire designed
to test prisoner rehabilitation
as to moral, ethical and other
matters.
Rabbi Sperka, who came to
this country in 1921 from Wlo-
clawek, Poland, graduated from
the Hebrew Theological College

of Chicago in 1930, and served
Cong. Beth Tefilath Moses in
Mt. Clemens, Cong. Beth Israel
in Ann Arbor and Cong. Bnai
David in Detroit.
Active in numerous rabbini-
cal, religious and civic organiza-
tions in Detroit, Rabbi Sperka,
who resides at 3842 Cortland,
has been a vice-president of the
American Prison Chaplains As-
sociation since 1952, and is the
author of a book, "Eternal
Life."
He will be succeeded as Jew-
ish chaplain by Rabbi Morris
Shapiro, of Temple Beth Israel,
of Jackson.

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Rabbi Sperka, Prison Chaplain for 17 Years, Retires from State Post