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Many people who are incarcerated identify as humanists. I have heard from family and friends of people in prisons who are looking for chaplaincy care:

• I want to learn about humanism and how to develop spiritually while incarcerated...

• I'd like to obtain a vegetarian diet for moral reasons, and need a clergy person to provide advocacy and letters of support...

• I want to find books and magazines to support a humanist lifestyle, and do not have funds or information on how to do this...

I am glad to reach to and connect with people who are incarcerated and looking for support. I have successfully advocated for people to obtain diets based on humanist values, and have helped to facilitate getting humanist magazines and books into prisons through coordinating with prison chaplains.

I am glad to talk with and visit with (in New York City) people connected with Jewish tradition who are wanting support or guidance from a rabbi. I visit people in hospitals and nursing care facilities within Manhattan, Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, and Staten Island. I have also visited people in prisons and federal detention centers located within New York City. 

I studied at The Jewish Theological Seminary in the 1980s, in the years just before the Seminary started to ordain women. I taught in the Seminary's high school program and, a few years later, received rabbinic ordination from Mesifta Adath Wolkowisk.

My 2025 article in Universalist Herald, What Is Grace?, can be read by clicking on the graphic to the right... You can also visit the Universalist Herald website by clicking on this link...

A review of Herbert Levine's new book of non-theistic Jewish prayers, Blessed Are You, Wondrous Universe, can be read by clicking on the graphic to the left... You can also visit the Universalist Herald website by clicking on this link...

For those interested in the background of Mesifta Adath Wolkowisk, it is affiliated with Congregation Adas Wolkowisk, established in New York City in 1879. The impetus to establish a Seminary came from the leaders of the congregation as a reflection of their desire to serve the Jewish community by providing training for individuals wanting to serve as rabbis. The Mesifta, duly incorporated in its own right, is not affiliated with any Jewish denomination and draws its faculty from across the different branches of Judaism. The graduates of the Seminary serve congregations and other institutions in the United States and overseas.