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  1. Inside America’s first #prison #synagogue, a new #exhibit tells the story of Jewish #inmates who built it

    Eastern State Penitentiary housed #AlCapone — and Jewish #convicts who prayed together starting in 1922.

    www.jta.org/2026/07/16/c...

    Inside America's first prison ...

  2. "As #prisons go, #EasternStatePenitentiary in #Philadelphia was unusually luxurious. For one, it had flush toilets — beating out even the #WhiteHouse in making the upgrade, #museum exhibit developer #BethTinker told me on a recent tour.

    But if plumbing reflected the #penitentiary’s commitment to #prisoners’ physical well-being, its biggest innovation was more spiritual. Eastern State housed the first #synagogue inside a #US #prison, complete with a #Torah #ark and #nertamid, or eternal light. That restored sanctuary — a short walk from gangster #AlCapone’s former cell — is now newly open to the public in a museum exhibit, Freedom through Faith: #Judaism at #EasternState and Beyond.

    “It’s a place really of humanity, when you’re not getting a lot of humanity in this space,” Tinker said.

    The synagogue, founded in 1922, hosted holiday celebrations and weekly #Shabbat services."

    forward.com/culture/838196/eas

  3. "As #prisons go, #EasternStatePenitentiary in #Philadelphia was unusually luxurious. For one, it had flush toilets — beating out even the #WhiteHouse in making the upgrade, #museum exhibit developer #BethTinker told me on a recent tour.

    But if plumbing reflected the #penitentiary’s commitment to #prisoners’ physical well-being, its biggest innovation was more spiritual. Eastern State housed the first #synagogue inside a #US #prison, complete with a #Torah #ark and #nertamid, or eternal light. That restored sanctuary — a short walk from gangster #AlCapone’s former cell — is now newly open to the public in a museum exhibit, Freedom through Faith: #Judaism at #EasternState and Beyond.

    “It’s a place really of humanity, when you’re not getting a lot of humanity in this space,” Tinker said.

    The synagogue, founded in 1922, hosted holiday celebrations and weekly #Shabbat services."

    forward.com/culture/838196/eas

  4. "As #prisons go, #EasternStatePenitentiary in #Philadelphia was unusually luxurious. For one, it had flush toilets — beating out even the #WhiteHouse in making the upgrade, #museum exhibit developer #BethTinker told me on a recent tour.

    But if plumbing reflected the #penitentiary’s commitment to #prisoners’ physical well-being, its biggest innovation was more spiritual. Eastern State housed the first #synagogue inside a #US #prison, complete with a #Torah #ark and #nertamid, or eternal light. That restored sanctuary — a short walk from gangster #AlCapone’s former cell — is now newly open to the public in a museum exhibit, Freedom through Faith: #Judaism at #EasternState and Beyond.

    “It’s a place really of humanity, when you’re not getting a lot of humanity in this space,” Tinker said.

    The synagogue, founded in 1922, hosted holiday celebrations and weekly #Shabbat services."

    forward.com/culture/838196/eas

  5. "As #prisons go, #EasternStatePenitentiary in #Philadelphia was unusually luxurious. For one, it had flush toilets — beating out even the #WhiteHouse in making the upgrade, #museum exhibit developer #BethTinker told me on a recent tour.

    But if plumbing reflected the #penitentiary’s commitment to #prisoners’ physical well-being, its biggest innovation was more spiritual. Eastern State housed the first #synagogue inside a #US #prison, complete with a #Torah #ark and #nertamid, or eternal light. That restored sanctuary — a short walk from gangster #AlCapone’s former cell — is now newly open to the public in a museum exhibit, Freedom through Faith: #Judaism at #EasternState and Beyond.

    “It’s a place really of humanity, when you’re not getting a lot of humanity in this space,” Tinker said.

    The synagogue, founded in 1922, hosted holiday celebrations and weekly #Shabbat services."

    forward.com/culture/838196/eas

  6. "As #prisons go, #EasternStatePenitentiary in #Philadelphia was unusually luxurious. For one, it had flush toilets — beating out even the #WhiteHouse in making the upgrade, #museum exhibit developer #BethTinker told me on a recent tour.

    But if plumbing reflected the #penitentiary’s commitment to #prisoners’ physical well-being, its biggest innovation was more spiritual. Eastern State housed the first #synagogue inside a #US #prison, complete with a #Torah #ark and #nertamid, or eternal light. That restored sanctuary — a short walk from gangster #AlCapone’s former cell — is now newly open to the public in a museum exhibit, Freedom through Faith: #Judaism at #EasternState and Beyond.

    “It’s a place really of humanity, when you’re not getting a lot of humanity in this space,” Tinker said.

    The synagogue, founded in 1922, hosted holiday celebrations and weekly #Shabbat services."

    forward.com/culture/838196/eas