Chabad Jewish Inmate Services

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Jewish inmates are largely ignored by the Jewish community and sometimes even by their own families.

Chabad Outreach Jewish Inmate Services, a 501(c)3 nonprofit organization,  provides assistance in conducting inmate religious services, counseling inmates and their families during and after incarceration, prayer books, proper Jewish
Bibles, Passover and other Jewish Holiday foods and supplies to various Texas Department Criminal Justice units, books and classes on Jewish study and history, and Jewish Reference Libraries in many TDCJ facilities. We provide services to additional lockdown facilities including Federal, County, and INS Prisons.

Our yearly budget is $56,000.

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Chabad Outreach Jewish Inmate Services
11000 Fondren B104 •Houston, TX 77096 
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Thank you for supporting Jewish inmate, helping them feel that they are not forgotten.

Chabad Outreach Jewish Inmate Services
A 501(c)3 Organization 

September 2, 2009
Elul 13, 5769

Dear Friend,

We are writing to you before the Rosh Hashana and the High Holy Day season to request your kind support on behalf of one hundred Jewish inmates. 

Thirty years ago, the Lubavitcher Rebbe, Rabbi Menachem M. Schneerson, of righteous memory, issued a call to address the challenges faced by the Jewish incarcerated. They are often forgotten or worse, ignored.

In the greater Houston and Texas area, Rabbi Ted Sanders, of blessed memory, created a Jewish Inmate and Family Support Service. He provided assistance in conducting inmate religious services, counseling inmates and their families during and after incarceration, prayer books, proper Jewish Bibles, Passover supplies to some TDCJ units, books and classes on Jewish study and history, and Jewish Reference Libraries in many TDCJ facilities.

Chabad Outreach Jewish Inmate Services, a nonprofit organization, has continued Rabbi Sanders' holy efforts and expanded the programs. We service many additional lockdown facilities including Federal and County Prisons.

This past April, we succeeded with the most successful Passover in the system. Besides providing Jewish inmates the opportunity to keep the whole holiday, we arranged for a rabbinical student to stay on site and lead the seders in the Stringfellow unit! Also, our kosher kitchen there has been in continuous service for the inmates. For the Holiday of Shavuot, we sent care packages of Bagels, Lox and Cream Cheese throughout the TDCJ system.

However, the Jewish inmates now face the difficult challenge of The High Holidays. The prisons do not supply foods & religious articles for these special days.

Chabad Outreach Jewish Inmate Services employs a statewide distribution system to ensure that each Jewish inmate receives a Rosh Hashana care package which includes a kosher meal, apples, honey and challah. Two weeks later they will receive a Lulav and Etrog set for Sukkot. We will be sending these supplies to 6 TDCJ units throughout the state.

We know that the recession has hit hard at home and we appreciate your past support and welcome all levels of contributions. Your donation will help to make the High Holidays and our year round projects on behalf of the Jewish inmates possible.

Thank you for your support. Thank you for letting these Jewish souls that find themselves in such difficult circumstances during the holidays know that they are not forgotten.

May you and yours be written in the book of life for healthy, happy, prosperous, good and sweet new year! 

Rabbi Dovid Goldstein - TDCJ Consulting Rabbi 

Rabbi Moishe Traxler - Director of Chabad Outreach

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