Tools and services JPost Premium Ulpan Online JPost Newsletter Our Magazines Learn Hebrew RSS feed Archive Digital Library Lists of Jewish holidays Law The Jerusalem Post Group Breaking News Iran News World News IvritTalk- Free trial lesson The Jerusalem Report Jerusalem Post Lite Trending Articles חדשות מעריב לוח חגים ומועדים 2023 זמני כניסת שבת Israel Real Estate Hype Special Content 50 Jews Information About Us Contact us Feedback Terms Of Service Privacy Policy Subscriber Agreement JPost Jobs Cancel Subscription Sitemap פרסום בג'רוזלם פוסט Customer Service Advertise with Us If(divWithLink != null & divWithLink != 'undefined')ĭ = "solid 1px #cb0f3e" ĭ = "#122952" Var divWithLink = document.getElementById("premium-link") Upgrade your reading experience with an ad-free environment and exclusive contentĭocument.getElementById("linkPremium").innerHTML = cont Var cont = ` Sign up for The Jerusalem Post Premium Plus for just $5 ![]() Related Tags Chabad Judaism prison Prison sentence child sexual abuse child abuse Jeffrey Epstein Sex trafficking Ghislaine Maxwell She was arrested in 2020, convicted in 2021 and sentenced last year on five charges related to sex trafficking of minors as part of a scheme with Epstein, who died by suicide in a New York City jail in 2019. Maxwell reportedly made use of her Jewish ancestry a few years ago, when she was alleged to have taken refuge in Israel while under investigation for her role in Epstein’s sex abuse scheme. ![]() Maxwell’s claim to a Jewish identity runs through her father, a media magnate and possible spy who fled the Nazis as a child and was buried in Jerusalem after dying under mysterious circumstances in 1991. A character on the prison drama “Orange is the New Black” converted for that reason, reportedly prompting inmates as far afield as Scotland to do the same. In some cases, people who are incarcerated have self-identified as Jewish or even converted to access kosher food. And Florida reintroduced a kosher food program in its prisons only under legal duress in 2013. One of those perks is kosher food, which a man incarcerated in Washington State praised in a 2021 JTA essay as good - “a rarity in prison.” It has not always been available: In the 1980s, a Texas prison canceled its kosher food option, saying that none of the prisoners using it were authentically Jewish - leading to a 1986 Supreme Court case ruling that rabbis, not prison officials, should determine who counts as Jewish. (That number played a bit part in deliberations over sentencing for the Pittsburgh synagogue shooter, condemned last week to death.) A chaplain working in the New York state prison system told JTA in 2009 that the rise reflected a growing sense that Jewish prisoners had access to more perks. While the exact number of prisoners who identify as Jewish is unknown, the number appears to have risen over time. Its name comes from the prayer thanking God for setting free those who are imprisoned. Other organizations supporting Jewish prisoners include Jewish Prisoner Services International, founded in 1984 by B’nai Brith, and a newer group, Matir Asurim, founded by rabbis affiliated with Reconstructing Judaism. ![]() “We’re not helping them get out of prison, we’re helping them spiritually - to bring them to a state of mind which had they had exposure to, maybe they wouldn’t have done what they did,” Rabbi Zvi Boyarsky, now an Aleph Institute director, told the Jewish Telegraphic Agency in 2009. It is one of several organizations operated by people affiliated with the Chabad-Lubavitch movement to serve those who are incarcerated another, the Aleph Institute, supports prisoners with not only their religious needs while incarcerated but also in seeking clemency or parole.Ĭhabad is one of the most extensive purveyors of services to Jewish prisoners across the United States, in keeping with its mission to bring as many Jews as possible closer to their religion. ![]() The nonprofit that is providing services to Maxwell at the Federal Correctional Institute in Florida is called Reaching Out, according to The Sun. (Certification requirements have faced legal challenges.) Sometimes the services are provided by nonprofit groups, even when the prisons employ religious chaplains of their own. Prisons also offer services based on inmates’ self-identified religions, although chaplains may be asked to certify whether inmates hold sincere religious beliefs. NOTE! Consider delaying until first div on page If (slot) slot.addService(googletag.pubads()) (function (a, d, o, r, i, c, u, p, w, m) Ghislaine Maxwell identifies as Jewish in prison - The Jerusalem Post
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