Inmates in Two State Prisons Ask for Greater Understanding in Community
Francisco. Because the prison as a
state institution, its groups must
Jewish inmates in two maximum he open to all prisoners. Accord-
security prisons have expressed; ir.gly, the congregation includes
the conviction that the organize ,' five blacks. one a convert to
Jewish community fails to give Judaism. Classes are offered in
them the kind of help they need to Hebrew- . Jewish culture and as-
stay out of prison after they have pects of the Bible.
The Marin-Northgate Lodge of
served their terms. and many
charge they are rejected by Jewish Bnai Brith has worked with Agudat
society becatise they have been Achim to establish a pre-release
program. Unofficially. Agudat
convicts.
These views emerged from re- Achim works to find jobs for Jew-
ish
prisoners scheduled for parole
ports by staff writers of two Jewish
weeklies, who visited the prisons or release and to provide transpor-
tation
and fill other needs for Jew-
and spoke at length with many of
ish prisoners on work furlough ,
the Jewish prisoners.
By BEN GALLOB
(c.,p i nset 15.0, /TA. inc.)
programs.
They were Mar; Shepper of the
Miss Shepper reported that the
San Francisco Jewish Bulletin, who
visited San Quentin, and Jerry group's biggest project currently
was
to set up a halfway hone for
Edelstein of the Philadelphia Jew-
ish Exponent ,who made a similar
visit to the Graterford prison.
Miss Shepper reported that there
is a Jewish congregation in San
Quentin and that the Jewish in-
mates are comparatively well
treated.
Edelstein reported that the
Jewish inmates at Graterford
feel they are the victims of anti-
Semitic prejudice on the part of
Graterford prison officials, who
refuse them appropriate foods
on Jewish holiday's and V.130, the
inmates complain,
bar them
from the better prison jobs be-
cause they are Jews.
Miss Shepper reported that an
organization for the San Quentin
Jewish convicts, Agudat Achim, is
conducting a national survey of
Jewish prison inmates which has
disclosed initially that less than
I per cent of all prisoners are
Jewish."'
She reported that there are about
30 Jewish inmates in San Quentin,
out of a total prison population of
3,500. They range in age from the
mid-20s to early 40s. Most are
serving time for a second or third ;
conviction.
Edelstein reported 19 Jewish
Irving B. Ackerman
prisoners among the Graterford
Julius E. Allen
prison population -of more than
1,600.
Herbert M. August
The San Quentin congregation is
named Beth Shalom, and the
Louis E. Barden
chaplain is Rabbi Jacob Traub, the
Royal C. Barnett
spiritual leader of Orthodox Con-
Donald E. Barris
gregation Adath Israel in San
THE DETROIT JEWISH NEWS
8—Friticry, July 24, 1970
Jewish prisoners serve as lab
technicians and computer pro-
gramers.
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But at Graterford prison whey
suggested to the Jewish
• - the first six months out are the . Edelstein
critical months. Instead of rapping inmates "Let's talk a little about
with squares. we need someone anti-Semitism here" he was told
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who understands our problems." "What do you mean, a little? We
A Jewish-born prisoner who adopt- can talk a lot about it."
ed the non - Jewish name of his fos-
ter parents and who wants to go
to Israel when he is released, said
"0;e need a friend when we walk
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out this door. The financial help
is important, but it's not the main
thing."
Miss Shepper reported being
told that the Jewish prisoners
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prison's radio news show, and
Jewish prisoners when they are
released.
The 34-year-old convict president
of Cong. Beth Shalom said that'
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George Parzen
Balfour D. Peisner
Alex C. Perinoff
Jack Perlman
Harry L. Pliskow
Seymour F. Posner
Albert A. Berger
David I. Berris
Marvin Berris
Morris H. Berris
Bernard Bocknek
Harry Robert Bockoff
Henry Bockoff
Garry I. Borin
Samuel Reiss
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Frank Rosenbaum
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Milford Keidan
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Allen J. Kovinsky
Jack Kraizman
David Kratze
David L. Denn
Marshall C. Disner
Sam Dubrinsky
Morton H. Eskin
Sidney Fershtman
Eli Friedman
Ronald Fruitman
Edward Gold
Mark Goodman
Morton G. Gottesman
Leonard Gurwin
Rabbi Bernard L. Beizon, elect-
ed president of the Rabbinical
Council of America, announced
the establishment of the Council
of Orthodox University, Profes-
sors to "combat the indifference
and hostility among Jewish stu•
dents to Judaism and the state of
Israel, and to fight the negative
influence of the New Left on
Jewish Youth on the campus."
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Hyron Halpert
Herbert L. Harris
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Allen Stein
Norman W. Stern
Allen J. Stone
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