Religious Materials
JPSI provides a wide range of individual and group religious materials free of charge to Jewish prisoners and their families.
New and/or used religious materials (including hard and soft covered books) are shipped to individual prisoners, staff chaplains and Jewish contract or volunteer chaplains consistent with facility property policies.
Various editions of Torahs, prayer books and study books are generally available in Hebrew, Hebrew/English, Hebrew/Russian or Hebrew/Spanish.
As our distribution center inventory is constantly changing, we do not maintain a catalog of available materials.
Chaplains should call our Seattle distribution center personnel at 1 (206) 985-0577 to discuss Jewish prisoner needs. Prisoner family members are also welcome to contact us regarding their needs.
Following are examples of religious materials supplied by JPSI as are available at any given time:
Individual Items:
Prayer Book [Daily, Sabbath and/or Holiday versions for all branches of Judaism]
Torah [Pentateuch, Tanach and/or Chumash]
Book of Psalms [Tehillim]
Prayer Shawl [Tallit]
Tzitzit [Tallit Katan]
Yarmulke
Tefillin
Jewish Calendar
Holiday Greeting Cards [see Greeting Cards section of this website]
Religious Medallion [Star of David or Chai symbol with chain or leather thong]
Group Items:
Shabbas Candles and Holders
Grape Juice [small individual cartons]
Matzah
Chanukah Candles and Holders
Misc. Festival/Holiday Items
Hebrew Learning Materials
Jewish Study/Reference Books and Audio Tapes
Novels [Jewish themes only]
Misc. Jewish Magazines/Periodicals
Jewish Video Tapes (see Video Library section of this website)