Daily Podcasts Video Research

New on Rikers Island: a Jewish prayerbook designed with incarcerated congregants in mind

JL;DR SUMMARY Rabbi Mia Simring and Rabbi Gabriel Kretzmer-Seed have introduced a unique Jewish prayer book, "The Very Narrow Bridge: A Rikers Island Siddur," specifically designed for the Jewish community at Rikers Island jail. A way out west there was a fella, fella I want to tell you about, fella by the name of Jeff Lebowski. At least, that was the handle his lovin' parents gave him, but he never had much use for it himself. This Lebowski, he called himself the Dude. Now, Dude, that's a name no one would self-apply where I come from. But then, there was a lot about the Dude that didn't make a whole lot of sense to me. And a lot about where he lived, likewise. But then again, maybe that's why I found the place s'durned innarestin'.

JL;DR members get full summaries of all articles in the archive, including this one. Donate & start reading »

Tags

InclusionJewish PrayerRikers IslandRabbi Gabriel Kretzmer SeedJewish SiddurIncarcerated JewsRabbi Mia SimringSpiritual ResourcesJudaism In PrisonsDiverse Jewish Community

Places mentioned

New York City, New York, United States
"The Very Narrow Bridge is a prayer book designed for people who are incarcerated on Rikers Island, New York Citys jail thats accessible only by bridge."

Support this source

This item was indexed and curated by Cairo, JL;DR's web crawler.
Cairo Item ID 59055
Cairo Source ID 35
Retrieved 2025-08-12 05:31:02 UTC
Curated 2025-08-12 08:31:18 UTC