Resolution Adopted by the CCAR
Rabbis Serving as Prison Chaplains
Adopted by the CCAR at the 91th Annual Convention of
the Central Conference of American Rabbis
Pittsburgh Pennsylvania, June 23-26, 1980
Resolved
, that the Central Conference of American Rabbis explore with the National Jewish
Welfare Board and other national and state Jewish agencies the responsibility of
coordinating and serving rabbis who function either as part-time or full-time prison
chaplains in U.S. Federal, U.S. State and Canadian prisons.