Jewish Spritual Guide - FMC Fort Worth

Instruct inmates in the on-site Catholic faith group studies. Classes will consist of religious based instruction on the following broad topics: how to live with integrity, how to grow spiritually, how to be a spiritual leader, and any other subjects mutually agreed upon by the contractor and the Chaplain (s). The instructor will also be responsible to encourage the inmate's participation in all aspects of the Catholic faith; i.e., reading, study, journaling, discussion/accountability groups, service projects, victim impact discussion, and reentry. The overall result of the instruction should be a reduction in recidivism and disciplinary problems. General Topics for Jewish Contractors: * Shabbat: Day of Rest * Rosh Hashanah:The New Year, Shofar-blowing * Yom Kippur: Day of Atonement * Shavuot * Hannukah * Pesach: the Exodus of the Jewish People * Pesach: Rules of a Seder * Sukkot * Lag Ba'Omer * Tu Beshvat * Purim * Tisha B'Av: Eicha * Torah Reading: Trope * Mitzvot and Aveirot (good and Bad Deeds) * Tallit and Tefillin (more generally, ritual garb) * Symbolism in Judaism * Kabbalah: Jewish Mysticism * The Amidah: The Silent Prayer * Prayer in Judaism: Shacharit, Mincha and Maariv * The Sh'ma (Hear O Israel) * Kashrut * The Main Denomination of Judaism: focusing on the Reform Movement * Conservative Movement and Orthodox Movement * Hassidic Tales and their Morals * Tikkun Olam (Social Action/'repairing' the world) * Tzedakah (charity) * Cultural Judaism: Sephardic and Ashkenazi Jews * Intermarriage * Afterlife and Eschatology, Free will * Bioethics - cloning, Organ Donation, Abortion * Gender Relations/Feminism * Themes of Jewish Prayer * Bikkur Holim: Visiting the Sick * The Ten Commandments * The Jewish Family * The Many Books of Judaism * Halakha (Jewish Law) * Gematria (Numbers) * Akeidat Yitzhak (Sacrifice is Isaac) * Adam and Eve: the Creation Story * Pirkei Avot: Teaching of our Fathers * Is God Punishing Us?: Judaism's response to tragic events, including the Holocaust * Israel: The Jewish State