Ending Solitary: Updates and Action Links
Updates from US and Canada to support Jewish institutions and organizations in ending solitary confinement by any name.
Virginia Spatz
Nutrition and Religious Diet: Update and Request
This report is one step in gathering resources about current food conditions, particularly for incarcerated individuals attempting to maintain kosher diet.
End Solitary Confinement
Matir Asurim members live and work in the US and Canada. US: End Solitary Confinement
Meeting and Team News
Check out this month’s organizational news, including some on-going research and rethinking of decision-making process, in Divrei Matir Asurim.
Fringes, Still in the Wilderness
New this month in Torah Explorations: “Still in the Wilderness” — some thoughts on holiness, crowds, and grumbling (Numbers 8 – 18). “What Will We Make Different this Year?” by Jay Stanton, plus more thoughts on “fringes.” READ AND SHARE Divrei Matir Asurim [Matir Asurim Words/Matter]: Follow the links above to read on-line, and/or download … Read more
General Meeting, Team News, and more
Matir Asurim is experimenting with expanding communications, to make our work and our hopes and our plans easier to access for all interested, and to make input from folks inside and outside easier to incorporate in our decision-making. This Late May edition of the brand new “Divrei Matir Asurim: Matir Asurim Words/Matters” includes summaries of … Read more
Matir Asurim in Jewish Currents
Matir Asurim was highlighted in a “Jewish Currents” publication earlier this year. Author Aviva Stahl notes lack of attention to “lived experience of incarcerated Jews…even within the most progressive Jewish communities.” She describes long-standing resources for (some) incarcerated Jews, adding that “queer and trans people or people of color…struggled to find any resources to support … Read more