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Podcast: Jewish Ideas to Change the World
Episode: What’s A Nice Jewish Girl Like You Doing In A Place Like This? Jews, Prison, and Spirituality
Description: A virtual event presentation by Dr. Elaine LeederThe event was co-sponsored by Temple EmanuelAbout the event: For the last twenty-eight years Elaine Leeder has been working in prisons, first at Elmira Correctional Facility, then San Quentin, and now in prisons all over California. Her teaching, then running self-help groups and now doing Victim/Offender Dialogues, has shown her that there is redemption, remorse, and contrition behind the walls. People can be transformed even in the most oppressive of circumstances.Leeder will discuss the Jewish values like Teshuvah, C...