Rabbi brings spiritual healing to Jewish inmates
Rabbi Michael Csillag, the founder of Jewish Services of Canada, visits Jewish inmates in Ontario prisons every week. For him, a Jew who’s in jail is still a Jew.
Former Montreal mayor sentenced to one year in prison
Former Montreal mayor Michael Applebaum was sentenced to 12 months in prison and two years’ probation on March 30 after being found guilty of corruption-related charges in January.
Ecuadorian prison warden reprimanded for marking visitors with Nazi stamp
Ecuador’s Justice Ministry said a prison warden was disciplined for negligence after it was found that guards used a Nazi-themed hand stamp to mark visitors to the jail
Russia opens its first-ever Jewish prayer space for women in prison
The Jewish house of worship in the Number 2 Penal Colony of the Federal Penitentiary Service of Russia has a capacity of 20 worshippers
Texas death-row inmate dons tefillin for the first time
Jedidiah Murphy has been on death row for 15 years, after killing a 79-year-old woman
Montrealer gets 18 months in Israel for drug trafficking
Samy Bitton has been sentenced for importing 800 kilograms of cocaine
Jonathan Pollard freed after 30 years
Pollard was released on parole early Friday after serving 30 years of a life sentence for passing classified documents to Israel
